In Baghdad, Bombs Kill At Least 45
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BAGHDAD — Cars, minibuses, and roadside bombs exploded in Shiite Muslim enclaves across the city yesterday, killing at least 45 people in sectarian violence that defied the Baghdad security crackdown, while a radical cleric raised a new threat to Iraq’s government.
Two officials close to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said his followers would quit their six Cabinet posts today — a move that could leave Prime Minister al-Maliki’s already weak administration without enough support to stay in power.
Dozens of Iraqi policemen demonstrated in front of their station, accusing U.S. troops of treating them like “animals” and “slaves.” The American military announced the deaths of three more Americans. Two British service members died when their helicopters crashed in mid-air north of Baghdad.
