Iraqi forces will expand their security operation into eastern Baghdad — including Shiite militia strongholds — the Defense Ministry said Friday, a day after a barrage of coordinated attacks across those areas killed 64 people and wounded 286.
"We have prepared everything, but we are waiting to mobilize the troops and prepare the special military units that will implement the raids," he said.
Sadr City, a stronghold of firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, would also be included, al-Askari told The Associated Press.
"No neighborhood is off limits," al-Askari told the AP. "There's not a single neighborhood that's a red line for us. Any area that has terrorist activity, we will enter — there will be no stop sign."
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