Explosions shake Iraq&#39;s holy city of Najaf
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Explosions shook the Old City of Iraq&#39;s Najaf while suspected US AC-130 gunships pounded positions held by Sh&#39;ite militiamen in the holy city late Thursday, witnesses said.
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A series  of explosions rock  Iraq's capital as smoke is seen rising above the zone housing US and Iraqi offices.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy U.S. bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr call on his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities...
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SPORADIC gunfire, explosions and a US bombing raid shook the city of Najaf yesterday as militants retained control of a revered shrine, raising fears that a plan to end the crisis could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
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BAGHDAD, 23 August 2004 - Gunfire and explosions shook Najaf yesterday as fighting broke out between supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and US forces.
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Several mortar bombs were heard  landing in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Tuesday after  Shi'ite rebels came under fierce U.S. bombardment overnight.
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By Abdul Hussein Al-Obeidi, Associated Press, 8/24/2004 04:06. NAJAF, Iraq  Plumes of black smoke rose above the embattled city of Najaf Tuesday after US warplanes bombed insurgent positions overnight, leading
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. tanks rumbled to within 800  meters (yards) of a holy shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on  Sunday as fierce clashes with Shi'ite rebels in a nearby town  killed at least 40 Iraqis, officials said.
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Predawn explosions yesterday ripped through five empty Christian churches in the Iraqi capital, which by nightfall also was the scene of the crashes of two US helicopters, which killed two soldiers and wounded two others.
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NAJAF (Iraq) - US helicopter gunships pounded supporters of Moqtada Al Sadr in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf yesterday as tanks rumbled to within 800 metres of a holy shrine at the centre of a near three-week insurgency.
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NAJAF: Missiles damaged the outer wall of the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf as US planes pounded militia positions in the city on Monday.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City yesterday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shi'ite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine that the fighters have used as their stronghold.
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Explosions near the main mosque in the  Iraqi town of Kufa killed and wounded many people on Thursday,  a Shi'ite cleric at the scene told Reuters.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - At least five loud explosions on Thursday echoed from near holy sites in the Iraqi city of Najaf where a radical Shi&#39;ite cleric has remained holed up despite earlier agreeing to leave a sacred shrine.
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Two explosions echoed across the Iraqi capital Sunday. It was not immediately clear what caused the late afternoon blasts.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy U.S. bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr order his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities...