BAGHDAD - A company of government troops in Sadr City retreated when they came under attack from Shiite militiamen who used the cover of a sandstorm, police said Friday.

On Friday, the Mahdi Army urged government troops to desert and described Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government as "just like Saddam's."

No truer words have ever been spoken. This American puppet, Nouri al-Maliki is exactly like the American puppet, Saddam Hussein. One just simply must adore the warmongering hypocrites in the United States.