More Fighting in Iraqi Holy City of Kerbala

[ze_dscherman]

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Fresh fighting erupted between U.S. troops and militiamen loyal to rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala on Thursday, residents said.

Gunfire echoed from narrow streets just a few hundred yards from the Imam Hussein mosque, one of Shi'ite Islam's most revered shrines which sits in the center of the city. A column of black smoke rose from behind the mosque.

A Reuters TV correspondent at the scene said militiamen had attacked a U.S. Abrams tank with rocket-propelled grenades and damaged it seriously. There was no immediate confirmation from U.S. commanders.

The clashes followed a lull in fighting for several hours after fierce fighting on Wednesday, when the U.S. military said up to 20 militiamen might have been killed.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5131498

[hadrons]

1. ".... U.S. military said up to 20 militiamen might have been killed"

MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED .... jeez, there are papers reporting stuff like this as we-definely-got-twenty-of-the-ragheads-insurgents ... at least Reuters (probably due to slip up) was honest this time