U.S. tanks also fired on insurgents on the eastern edge of the restive Sunni city, but the fighting subsided by dusk.
Four civilians, including a child, were reported killed, although casualty figures remain difficult to ascertain.
In Baghdad, a mortar round hit an arms-collection depot in Al-Sadr City, killing two Iraqi troops and a civilian.
Meanwhile, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi met with supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Allawi later said he was pleased that fighters loyal to al-Sadr are surrendering their weapons.
In other violence, Iraqi police today said that nine policemen were ambushed and killed yesterday in Al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad.
(Reuters/AP/AFP/BBC)
[For the latest news on Iraq, see RFE/RL's webpage on "The New Iraq".]
Four civilians, including a child, were reported killed, although casualty figures remain difficult to ascertain.
In Baghdad, a mortar round hit an arms-collection depot in Al-Sadr City, killing two Iraqi troops and a civilian.
Meanwhile, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi met with supporters of anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Allawi later said he was pleased that fighters loyal to al-Sadr are surrendering their weapons.
In other violence, Iraqi police today said that nine policemen were ambushed and killed yesterday in Al-Latifiyah, south of Baghdad.
(Reuters/AP/AFP/BBC)
[For the latest news on Iraq, see RFE/RL's webpage on "The New Iraq".]
