Ten Iraqi militiamen were killed early Sunday in clashes with U.S. forces in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, Iraqi police sources told CNN. The clashes broke out between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Sunday between U.S. troops and the Mehdi Army over U.S. detention of a number of the organization's members, police said. U.S. forces retreated at about 4 a.m., police said, and calm was restored. A spokesman for the U.S. military brigade in charge of Sadr City said it was investigating reports of clashes between its soldiers and gunmen in Sadr City, but could provide no further details. In addition, four bodies were found about 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the al-Shula neighborhood of Baghdad near an ice factory, a police source said. The four men had been shot in the head execution-style and also appeared to have been beaten.
