US forces battle Al Qaeda; mosque bombed
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BAGHDAD -- Thousands of US troops waged a new offensive against Al Qaeda in Iraq north of the capital yesterday, focusing in particular on the extremist group's bomb-making facilities, while at least 60 people were killed and more than 85 wounded in a massive suicide truck blast at a Baghdad mosque, US and Iraqi 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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US aircrafts Sunday pounded positions held by militants loyal to Iraq&#39;s radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the besieged sacred city of Najaf, Xinhua reports.
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US forces and Shiite militants fought fierce battles Monday marked by explosions and gunfire near a revered shrine in Najaf, as the US military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to quickly hand over the holy site to Shiite religious authorities.
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The U.S. military deployed 10,000 soldiers backed by attack helicopters in a big offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday as a truck bomber struck in the capital, killing 75 people near a Shi'ite mosque.
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Iraqi security forces, backed by US Marines and troops, Tuesday launched a series of raids on seven mosques in Ramadi, the US military 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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American-led coalition forces were attacking a compound that officials said was a safe house for Al Qaeda fighters.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Plumes of black smoke rose above the embattled city of Najaf Tuesday after American warplanes bombed insurgent positions overnight and supporters of a radical cleric charged that shrapnel from a U.S. attack had hit parts of the Imam Ali Shrine...
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Description: US forces clash again in Najaf with fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Efforts by the Iraqi government to reach a disarmament deal with Sadr are at an impasse, and his forces continue to hold the Imam Ali shrine.
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US forces drew nearer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf on Monday, the site of a standoff between the American military and militants loyal to Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that&#39;s lasted almost three weeks.
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Iraqi forces backed by American soldiers raided one of the country's most important Sunni mosques as worshippers were leaving after Friday prayers &#151; part of a crackdown on militant clerics opposed to the U.S.-led attack on Fallujah. Witnesses said at least three people were killed and 40 arrested.
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US marines faced a tough fight Thursday as insurgents began a counterattack timed with an Islamic holy night.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants in Najaf on Tuesday and Iraqi National Guardsmen advanced to within 200 yards of the holy city's Imam Ali Shrine compound, where insurgents loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been holed up for weeks...
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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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US troops encircled the Shrine of Ali Sunday as fighting resumed. The standoff leaves Iraqi police with few allies. By Scott Baldauf | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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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...