BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces fought militants loyal to Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday in the second day of a campaign the government hopes will end militia control without the help of foreign troops.

The fighting centered on the southern oil-rich city of Basra but has spread to Baghdad and other towns and has killed more than 60 people and wounded hundreds.

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