BAGHDAD, April 13 Kyodo The U mil...

BAGHDAD, April 13 Kyodo

The U military in Baghdad in succession Tuesday temporarily detained an aide to militant Shiite Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who is known to be influential in northern area of the Iraqi capital.

The cleric, Sheik Hazm Aaraji, was detained as he was leaving a house of entertainment after being interviewed by Italian journalists, Reuter and other novels outlets said.

In the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, a U helicopter made an exigency landing after coming under antiaircraft fire, injuring three horde members.

While the reprieve that went effect Sunday in Fallujah continued to hem in on Tuesday, it is possible that the series of novel events may further destabilize the situation in southern and central Iraq, analysts say.

forward Monday, al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, accepted part of demands from the United States and withdrew from police stations and management buildings they had been occupying following an order from al-Sadr, the Associated Pres said.

Al-Sadr, however, said in an interview with a Lebanese television network that he is ready to dedicate his life to resist the US-l occupation.

Also onward Tuesday, a U.S. convoy heading toward the central Iraqi city of Najaf was attacked, killing undivided U.S. solder and injuring pair others.

In Baghdad, an artillery shell landed forward a thoroughfare about 1 kilometer outside the heavily-protected new Zone, killing an Iraqi, Reuter said. A tumultuous explosion was heard near the fresh Zone earlier in the day moreover the Coalition Provisional Authority has at the same time to identify the cause.

The Romanian state just discovereds agency Rompres said a assign places to of Romanian civilians came beneath attack Sunday in the central Iraqi city of Hillah, killing single person and injuring another.

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