US warplane attacks Najaf rebels
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A US warplane  shells suspected rebel positions in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf as peace talks stall.
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U.S. planes unleashed a fierce attack on rebel targets in Najaf early on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
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U.S. aircraft and tanks pounded Shi'ite militia positions around a holy shrine and ancient cemetery in Najaf early on Friday, witnesses said.
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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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US forces in the Iraqi  city of Najaf carry out  an overnight assault on militia loyal to Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr.
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NAJAF: A fierce gunbattle erupted between US troops and radical Shi&#39;ite militants near Najaf&#39;s holy shrine this morning, a Reuters witness said.
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US forces reportedly surround Shia fighters in Najaf, after a night of intensive bombardment.
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âThe smell of burnt flesh filled the air and blood smeared the deserted streets of Najaf&#39;s Old City after heavy US air strikes on Shiite militia positions around Iraq&#39;s revered Imam Ali shrineâ, reported Agence France-Presse on August 25.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded Shi'ite  rebels early on Friday after their leader, radical cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr, rejected a final order from Iraq's interim  prime minister to disarm and leave a holy shrine.
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Iraq: US planes pounded Najaf&#39;s cemetery and historic centre near the Imam Ali shrine on Monday, dimming hopes of a peaceful end to a near three-week stand-off between US-led Iraqi troops and Shiite militia.
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Reports from Iraq say US forces have hit part of a holy Shiite shrine in Najaf where rebels have been locked in a two-week standoff with US-led forces.
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US forces and Shiite militants fought fierce battles in Najaf today, with airstrikes near a revered shrine and exchanges of mortar fire and artillery, as the US military
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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, Iraq  - U.S. forces launched a fresh  assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf  on Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque at  the center of a two-week siege ran into difficulties.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft and tanks pounded  Shi'ite militia positions around a holy shrine and ancient  cemetery in Najaf early on Friday, witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a fresh  assault on Shi'ite rebels in the Iraqi city of Najaf early on  Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the gold-domed  mosque at the center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble.
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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.