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Al-Sadr Aide Freed, Shakeup of Police Force

The Bush administration has released from custody a senior aide to top Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The Iraqi government also forced out two top police commanders from an elite unit linked to sectarian murders.

New York Times correspondent Sabrina Tavernise, reporting from Baghdad, talks with Alex Chadwick.

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