A U.S. helicopter fired rockets Thursday into a crowded Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad during a battle with gunmen, killing a young woman and enraging residents and Shiite politicians. The U.S. military said the helicopter fired into the Sadr City neighborhood around 1 a.m. as U.S. troops were pursuing a “known terrorist associated with Ansar al-Sunnah,” a Sunni Arab militant group that has claimed responsibility for numerous suicide attacks and beheadings. Full Story
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