U.S. forces padlocked the doors and shut down a Baghdad newspaper sponsored by a popular anti-American Shiite cleric, accusing it of printing lies that incited violence against coalition forces in Iraq. Front page in the LAT and NYT, CNN via Drudge Report.

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