US says easing of Baghdad security cordon was joint decision (AFP)

An Iraqi woman walks past shops shut down as part of a general strike in Baghdad's Shiite Sadr City neighbourhood. The United States contested claims that it had been forced to lift a blockade around the flashpoint Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, saying the decision to ease checkpoints was taken jointly by Iraqi and US authorities.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP – The United States contested claims that it had been forced to lift a blockade around the flashpoint Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, saying the decision to ease checkpoints was taken jointly by Iraqi and US authorities.


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