BAGHDAD, April 12, SPA -- The U.S. military says security forces have killed at least 13 militants in overnight clashes inEastern Baghdad. It says Abrams tanks and drone-launched Hellfire missileswere used to quell attacks on U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, according to a report of the Associated Press. But Iraqi police and hospital officials say sevencivilians died when U.S. helicopters fired on homes andshops in Baghdad's eastern district of Sadr City earlySaturday.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/545368