BAGHDAD (AFP) – US forces killed at least eight Shiite fighters in a series of firefights in Baghdad’s Sadr City, the bastion of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia, the military said Saturday. The firefights which began 7:20 am (420 GMT) on Friday and continued sporadically throughout the day saw US forces use air support and tanks as they clashed with militants in the impoverished district of some two million people. Full Story