Ten civilians, including an Iraqi working for an Arabian television were killed in overnight fighting between US troops and Shiite militiamen in the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, hospital sources said Friday.
Another 16 people were wounded in the violence which erupted in the two cities between coalition troops and the private militia of militant Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, medics added. Nine bodies were taken to the morgue at Karbala city hospital, doctor Ali Aradawi, head of the casualty department informed. Another 10 people were brought in with injuries. In Najaf, Kifah Shamal, director of the Hakim hospital said one civilian was killed and six others wounded in a short burst of heavy fighting near the city's cemetery.
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