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LOU DOBBS: Michael Ware
tonight reports from Baghdad on the rising military
challenges facing our troops. We turn first to Ed
Henry -- Ed.
Insurgents in Iraq stepped up their attacks on our
troops. The number of our troops killed in the
Baghdad area has increased sharply since U.S.
reinforcements began to arrive back in February.
Michael Ware now reports from the Iraqi capital --
Michael.
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MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, it's been a
tumultuous three days here in Iraq politically and
militarily. Over this Easter weekend, 10 U.S. service
personnel were killed in five separate attacks
involving roadside explosions, small arms fire, and
indirect fire from mortars or rockets.
At the same time, we have seen violence spreading out
of the capital, Baghdad, as there's been an assault
on the rebel stronghold of anti-American cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr in a city just south of the capital.
At the same time, we see the same anti-American
cleric calling for a mass demonstration to mark the
fourth anniversary of the war and to oppose U.S.
forces. And that's precisely what we saw today, as
what Iraqi police officials in the holy city of Najaf
said were tens of thousands of his supporters taking
to those streets.
This is very much an attempt by Muqtada al-Sadr, who
has been virtually in hiding for the past seven
weeks, firmly replanting himself back on the
political scene -- Lou.
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DOBBS: Michael Ware from Baghdad.