Fighting Erupts Around Rebel-Held Iraqi Shrine
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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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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces clashed with militants loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq's capital on Saturday, officials and witnesses said.
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Explosions and gunfire have rocked the Iraqi city of Najaf, with US forces battling militants loyal to a Shiite cleric. Witnesses say the militants attacked US troops with mortar rounds and the troops fired back.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf on Monday amid fierce battles between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, who remained in control of a revered shrine here as negotiations dragged on for its handover to religious authorities...
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US and Iraqi forces fought deadly battles with insurgents across central and northern Iraq on Monday â-he latest in a wave of clashes that has swept the country&#39;s Sunni Muslim
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants Tuesday in Najaf, sending plumes of black smoke over the holy city, as Iraq's government warned fighters loyal to a radical cleric to abandon their weekslong standoff inside the Imam Ali Shrine or face attack...
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Strong explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed at least eight Iraqis, the U.S. army and witnesses said.
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Heavy fighting erupted on Sunday in a  street in central Baghdad notorious as a guerrilla stronghold,  and witnesses said at least five Iraqis were killed as U.S.  helicopters attacked targets in the area.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fierce fighting broke out in the  holy Iraqi city of Najaf Monday, with numerous explosions and  gunfire echoing around a sacred shrine held by followers of a  radical Shi'ite cleric, Reuters witnesses said.
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UNITED States tanks today encircled the sacred Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf, after an intense bombardment of rebel positions overnight.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants in Najaf on Tuesday and Iraqi National Guardsmen surrounded the holy city's Imam Ali Shrine, where insurgents loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been holed up for weeks...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes and artillery  pounded Shi'ite militia positions around a shrine in the Iraqi  city of Najaf, trying to break the will of rebels who have  defied the interim government for three weeks.
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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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Renewed heavy fighting is reported to have broken out Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf between US-led forces and militiamen loyal to radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. marines and Shi'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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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.