U.S. military kills 3 militants in Baghdad raid | International | Reuters

U.S. military kills 3 militants in Baghdad raid | International | Reuters: "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike killed three militants in Baghdad on Thursday during a raid targeting cells suspected of smuggling in sophisticated bomb making components from neighboring Iran, the U.S. military said.

It was the third major raid in a week in Sadr City, the stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia of anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in search of militants accused of procuring so-called explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, from Iran.

EFPs are a particularly lethal type of roadside bomb that can destroy a battle tank.

The U.S. military said in a statement that ground forces came under small arms fire from two separate buildings at the start of the raid in Sadr City." Read complete post here.