Nine Iraqis have been killed and 44 wounded in ferocious clashes between US forces and Iraqi resistance fighters.
five were killed and 11 wounded overnight.
a US base, according to a medical source at the al-Hakim hospital.
denied a new deal had been struck.
City, an official from al-Sadr's office there said.
(Sadr City), we open fire," said Kazem Jamal.
fighting in Najaf and Kufa.
terms of Ambassador Christopher Ross' letter."
shooter for US occupation administrator, Paul Bremer.
two-month standoff between al-Sadr's militia and the US army.