Shiite militia seizes control of southern Iraq city of Amarah - Canada.com

View Larger Image A masked gunman stands on a street corner as a building burns nearby in the southern Iraqi town of Amarah Friday. (AP Photo/Haidar Hany) Canadian Press Published: Friday, October 20, 2006 Article tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * BAGHDAD (AP) - The Shiite militia run by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr seized control of the southern Iraqi city of Amarah on Friday in one of the boldest acts of defiance yet by one of the country's unofficial ...