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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US warplanes bombed Najaf&#39;s Old City and troops clashed with Shiite militiamen Sunday amid fears a plan to end the standoff could collapse.
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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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US marines and Shi&#39;ite militiamen fought fierce battles around a shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Monday in some of the heaviest fighting since the 20-day-old rebellion erupted.
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Fighting continued to rage in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf as Shiite rebels battle for control against US-led troops.
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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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A U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked Shi'ite militia positions in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf early on Monday after tanks reinforced the siege of a shrine at the center of a nearly three-week insurgency.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. military aircraft launched  several strikes on suspected Shi'ite militant positions in the  besieged southern city of Najaf late on Monday, a Reuters  witness said.
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Baghdad, August 22 (NNN): As rebels and Iraqi religious officials prepare to continue talks, US-led forces late on Saturday bombarded Najaf lighting up the night sky after the repeated air strikes, which followed a day of relative calm amid the continued
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US warplanes attacked insurgent targets in the east Baghdad slum of Sadr City, killing at least one person and wounding 12, hospital officials said Thursday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  marines engaged Shi'ite militiamen in a fierce battle around a  shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Monday in some of the  heaviest fighting since the 20-day-old rebellion erupted.
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US tanks rumbled to within 800 metres of a holy shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf today as fierce clashes with Shiite rebels in a nearby town killed at least 40 Iraqis, officials said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes have pounded areas near a holy shrine where radical Shi&#39;ite militia are holed up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister to disarm.
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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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US warplanes bombed targets in Iraq&#39;s rebel-held city of Falluja Friday, marking a violent start to the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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A US warplane launched an airstrike on militants loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday as American and Iraqi forces press attacks to crush militants hunkered down in the sprawling eastern Baghdad slum of Sadr City.
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Clashes between US troops and Sadr militiamen escalated Thursday, as the US surrounded Najaf for possible siege.