Iraq Forces Advance on Najaf Shrine, Battle Rages
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi security forces moved to  within 400 meters (yards) of a holy shrine in Najaf on Tuesday,  just hours after the government warned Shi'ite rebels inside  they would be killed if they did not surrender.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Iraqi troops could raid Najaf's holy Imam Ali Shrine on Wednesday in a final push to root out Shiite militants hiding there while they battle U.S. forces, Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said...
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Iraqi forces today joined US troops in the battle with rebel militia in the holy city of Najaf. There was fierce fighting as the joint forces moved to within 200 metres of the Imam Ali shrine, where militiamen
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Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
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Renewed clashes erupted around the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf early today as yet another opportunity to end the bloody confrontation between anti-American cleric
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NAJAF, Iraq - With U.S. forces bombing militant positions and gunbattles raging, radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities but refused to disband his militia...
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Fierce fighting broke out in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf Monday, with numerous explosions and gunfire echoing around a sacred shrine held by followers of a radical Shi'ite cleric, Reuters witnesses said.
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U.S. tanks rolled closer Monday to a revered Shiite shrine in Najaf where militants are hiding as explosions shook the cemetery in the holy city.
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UNITED States forces and Shiite militants continued to fight fierce battles yesterday in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf, with explosions and gunfire reported near a revered shrine.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Supporters of rebel Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr were fired on as they marched from the town of  Kufa to the city of Najaf on Thursday and several were wounded,  witnesses at the scene said.
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Renewed heavy fighting is reported to have broken out Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf between US-led forces and militiamen loyal to radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Several loud explosions resonated near a holy shrine in Najaf on Monday as sporadic clashes continued between US-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen, witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and snipers took up positions near the revered Imam Ali Shrine and engaged in fierce battles with militants Monday as the U.S...
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Description: US forces clash again in Najaf with fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Efforts by the Iraqi government to reach a disarmament deal with Sadr are at an impasse, and his forces continue to hold the Imam Ali shrine.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A fierce gunbattle erupted early on  Monday between U.S. troops and radical Shi'ite militants near  Najaf's holy shrine, a Reuters witness said.
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NAJAF, Iraq A delegation of Iraqis arrived here Tuesday to try to persuade a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in this holy city and end fighting with US and Iraqi government forces.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- US infantrymen engaged in fierce battles with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militants yesterday, and US tanks moved closer to Imam Ali Shrine as the American military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to leave the holy site and end their uprising.