Battle of Diwaniya
The fighting erupted after coalition troops arrested a Sadr militia leader.The militia engaged in heavy street fighting with Iraqi soldiers which lasted late into the night.The Iraqi Army claims that most of its casualties occurred when Mahdi militiamen captured and executed a group of soldiers who had run out of ammunition.[1] By next morning a ceasefire was in place with 23 Iraqi soldiers, 20 militiamen and 7 civilians killed.About a month and a half later on 9 October 2006 another battle broke out in the city, this time between the militia and the U.S. Army.