Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division fight Mahdi Army militiamen – loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr - in the tight, dirty streets of Baghdad’s Sadr City. It is May 23rd, in the Baghdad slum known as Sadr City. The temperature ranges to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Over a 24 hour period, US soldiers encounter and engage several small groups of anti-coalition fighters resulting in 20-30 enemy killed with no Coalition casualties.
