"Special Groups" . . "Fadhila Militia" . "Thar Allah" . . . "Awakening Councils" . . . "2008-05-15Z"^^ . "4 killed (Islamic Dawa Party)" . "60,000" . "Iraqi Army" . "*Maliki government politically weakened and agrees to immunity for Mahdi Army gunmen and a release of detained Mahdi Army members" . "Badr Brigades" . . "400,000" . "*Iraqi forces launch further operations inMaysan Governorate" . "191 killed;" . "Ceasefire" . "Mahdi Army" . "The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2008 (March \u2013 May, 2008) was a series of clashes between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army supported by coalition forces, in southern Iraq and Baghdad, that began with an Iraqi offensive in Basra. The fighting followed a lull in the Civil war in Iraq and was the most serious crisis since October 2007."@en . "2,100 deserted, defected or captured" . . . "Iraq Spring Fighting of 2008"@en . "*Iraqi forces gain control ofSadr City" . "Islamic Dawa Party" . "*Mahdi Army propaganda victory in Basra, however clearing operations continued" . "(Iraqi security forces)" . . "1 killed (Iraqi militia)" . . . . "35 killed (U.S. forces)" .