Sporadic Clashes in Najaf, Handover Talks Hit Snag
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr clashed sporadically with U.S. troops in Najaf  Saturday after talks with religious authorities to end a siege  at the city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Heavy fighting has broken out between US troops and Shi&#39;ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf after a peace delegation failed to broker a truce to end nearly two weeks of clashes.
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Fighting in Najaf threatened to undermine a conference to choose a national assembly.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.    An unofficial mediator pleaded with al-Sadr to disarm his militants, pull them out of the shrine and disband his militia immediately...
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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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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 -- 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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Iraqi leaders met for a second day on Monday to pick an interim national assembly but fighting in Najaf dominated the event, piling pressure on Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to hold more talks with Shi'ite rebels.
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Baghdad, Iraq  A national political conference&#39;s bid to end the fighting in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Najaf appeared to have failed Tuesday, as a delegation returned to Baghdad early today without having met with rebel cleric ...
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Clashes between US troops and Sadr militiamen escalated Thursday, as the US surrounded Najaf for possible siege.
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Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a revered shrine, and clashes flared in Najaf on Saturday, raising fears that a resolution to the crisis in the holy city could collapse amid bickering between Shiite leaders.
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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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The US military clashed aggressively with forces of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as negotiations to end the standoff at one of Islam&#39;s most revered shrines remained stalled.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Heavy clashes broke out in Najaf leaving dead and wounded a day after an Iraqi delegation failed to meet Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on a mission aimed at ending an uprising by the cleric&#39;s militia, Reuters said.
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Renewed clashes erupted around the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf early today as yet another opportunity to end the bloody confrontation between anti-American cleric
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr retained their grip on the Imam Ali shrine in  Najaf on Saturday, dampening hopes that talks with religious  authorities would quickly end a two-week siege.
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Threats from insurgents delayed a trip  by Iraqi political and religious leaders to the holy city of  Najaf on Tuesday to try and persuade a radical Shi'ite cleric  to end a rebellion that has killed hundreds.