Morning Brief, Friday, March 28
Friday, March 28th, 2008 @ 5:41 am | Financial
Middle East ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images As the fighting stalls in Basra, U.S. forces appear to be taking a greater role in fighting the Mahdi Army in Baghdad, according to the Washington Post. The Sadrists have seized control of the southern Shiite town of Nassiriya, Reuters reports. There has also been violence in Kut, Hilla, Amara, Kirkuk, Baquba, and other Iraqi towns. The Times of London says parts of Baghdad have fallen to Shiite militias, and the government has imposed a 72-hour
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