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WP: a reporter, trapped on a block in Sadr City, recounts 19 hours of fighting
The clashes "underscor[ed] how quickly order can give way to chaos in Iraq. On this block in Sadr City, the cleric's sprawling stronghold, men and boys came out from nearly every house to fight, using powerful IEDs and rockets...The militiamen were also fighting their Shiite rivals -- the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq and the Dawa party, which run Iraq's government."

BBC: militias continue fight, as Maliki's orders to disarm extended to 10 days plus offer of cash

Ind: Iraqi police refuse to fight against, in some cases defect to, Mahdi Army