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US forces say they have made a major advance into a mainly Shia area in Baghdad that is a stronghold of the radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr.
Residents of Sadr City told the BBC there was fierce fighting overnight between the Americans and Shia militia.
And in Najaf, where Mr Sadr's armed supporters are locked in a stand-off with US and Iraqi troops, gunfire reverberated on Thursday.
The cleric has offered to end the uprising if there is a truce.
Iraq's government says he and his Mehdi Army militiamen have "only hours" to leave the Imam Ali shrine.
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Residents of Sadr City told the BBC there was fierce fighting overnight between the Americans and Shia militia.
And in Najaf, where Mr Sadr's armed supporters are locked in a stand-off with US and Iraqi troops, gunfire reverberated on Thursday.
The cleric has offered to end the uprising if there is a truce.
Iraq's government says he and his Mehdi Army militiamen have "only hours" to leave the Imam Ali shrine.
BBC Read More
