U.S. Aircraft Targets Shi'ite Rebels in Najaf
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A U.S. military plane unleashed rapid cannon fire on positions held by Shi'ite rebels in the sacred city of Najaf early on Sunday, a Reuters witness said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Shi'ite cleric and Iraq's  interim prime minister made gestures on Friday to defuse a  two-week uprising in Najaf, after ferocious U.S. air strikes  and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people.
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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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US warplanes pounded Mehdi Army positions in Najaf early Monday as fighting continued between US-Iraqi forces and militiamen loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite rebels began handing in  weapons on Friday near a shrine in Iraq's Najaf, where tens of  thousands of pilgrims flocked to mark a peace deal reached  overnight to end a bloody three-week uprising.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite fighters appeared  still to be in control of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city  of Najaf, but the whereabouts of their leader, the fiery cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr, were unknown on Saturday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. AC-130 gunship unleashed a  series of fierce air attacks on positions held by Shi'ite  rebels in Najaf early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine early Friday where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed  up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand  from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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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  - 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  - A large fire was blazing in Najaf  Saturday after a series of blasts and gunfire as a U.S. AC-130  plane circled overhead, a Reuters witness said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a fresh  assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf  early Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque  at the center of a two-week siege ran into trouble.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to rebel cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr were firmly in control of Najaf's Imam Ali  mosque on Saturday, defying efforts by Iraq's U.S.-backed  government to end a radical Shi'ite rebellion.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. military aircraft and ground  artillery launched several strikes on suspected Shi'ite  militant positions in the besieged southern city of Najaf late  Monday, Reuters witnesses said.
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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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BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- An eight-member team of Iraqi political and religious leaders flew to Najaf on Tuesday by a US military helicopter in a bid to end a bloody Shiite uprising there,delegates said.