Najaf Fighting Intensifies Amid Peace Push
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. warplane bombed near Najaf's vast cemetery as fighting with Shiite militants intensified Tuesday...
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover
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Militia fighters loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today continued to battle US soldiers in Najaf, hours after a delegation from Iraq&#39;s national conference had left the city empty-handed when its truce offer was turned down.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi political and religious  leaders trying to end a radical Shi'ite uprising flew into  Najaf Tuesday, where U.S. troops and militia fought pitched  battles near the country's holiest Islamic sites.
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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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Fighting between the US and Sadr&#39;s militia continued Monday, but families still arrive in Najaf for burials. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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U.S. troops clashed with Shi'ite  militiamen in Najaf on Saturday, interrupting a day of relative  calm in the holy city with the sound of mortar,  rocket-propelled grenade and machinegun fire, witnesses said.
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Negotiations over the embattled city of Najaf took a new and complicated turn Thursday when an official of Iraq's interim government issued fresh demands to be met by rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, accompanied by warnings of an imminent military offensive at the shrine where Sadr's militia is holed up.
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Iraq will send troops to Najaf to battle a Shiite Muslim militia after peace talks collapsed between the government and Moqtada Sadr.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Combat resumed in Najaf yesterday, as US forces edged into the narrow streets surrounding the shrine of Imam Ali and militiamen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades from around the holy site that serves as their firebase.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook the center of Najaf on Sunday as U.S. troops in armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the holy city and new fighting broke out after truce talks collapsed...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Heavy fighting has broken out between Iraqi Shi&#39;ite militiamen and US troops in the holy city of Najaf, leaving many people killed and wounded, medical officials say.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pared-down delegation of Iraqis arrived in Najaf by helicopter Tuesday to present radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr with a peace proposal aimed at ending the violent insurgency wracking the holy city.    Despite the delegation's presence there, fighting intensified in Najaf, with at least one U.S...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Heavy fighting broke out between  U.S. troops and Shi'ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf  on Wednesday after a peace delegation failed to broker a truce  to end nearly two weeks of clashes.
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It has been a week since a peace deal was struck in the Iraqi city of Najaf, bringing an end to three weeks of fighting and opening the predominantly Shia city up to millions of dollars in reconstruction aid.
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U.S. troops clashed with Shi'ite militiamen in Najaf on Saturday, interrupting a day of relative calm in the holy city with the sound of mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and machinegun fire, witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Strong blasts were heard in the  besieged city of Najaf early Sunday as U.S. military planes  unleashed cannon and howitzer fire and a heavy firefight  erupted.