U.S. drops bombs in Basra

-CNN

BAGHDAD -- U.S. forces bombed Basra on Saturday as about 40 Iraqi police commandos based in Baghdad deserted to join the Mehdi Army.

British forces were shelling in Basra on Saturday as U.S. jets dropped two bombs on a suspected Shiite militia stronghold in the area, according to a British military spokesman.

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