Tanks encircle shrine in US blitz on rebels
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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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US forces launched a fresh assault on Shi&#39;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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US forces battled rebels in Falluja on Sunday after air raids aimed at foreign militants led by America&#39;s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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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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The US military planes unleashed cannon and howitzer fire early Sunday on positions held by militants loyal to radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the besieged sacred city of Najaf.
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US forces stepped up operations Tuesday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets
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U.S. tanks rolled closer Monday to a revered Shiite shrine in Najaf where militants are hiding as explosions shook the cemetery in the holy city.
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US tanks are stationed 800 meters from the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, blocking the road to where Shiite Muslim fighters loyal to cleric al-Moqtada al-Sadr have been holed up, al-Arabiya said, citing its reporter in the city.
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US warplanes, tanks, and artillery repeatedly hit at Abu Musab al Zarqawi&#39;s terror network in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah yesterday.
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US forces and Shiite militants fought fierce battles in Najaf today, with airstrikes near a revered shrine and exchanges of mortar fire and artillery, as the US military
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Planes and artillery pound the rebel city to soften resistance as US troops move in. NEAR FALLUJAH, IRAQ -- US troops backed by thunderous air and artillery barrages launched a ground offensive yesterday to
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US forces battled insurgents around the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday, and militants ambushed and killed nine Iraqi policemen returning from training in Jordan.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. tanks on Tuesday reinforced  their positions along the southern flank of Najaf's Imam Ali  shrine, scene of a three-week-old Shi'ite rebellion.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. tanks advanced to within 800  yards of the Imam Ali mosque in the Iraqi city of Najaf on  Sunday after talks on surrendering control of the shrine at the  center of an 18-day siege ran into trouble.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes pounded areas near a shrine where radical Shi&#39;ite militiamen were holed up early Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister to disarm.
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Reports from Iraq say US forces have hit part of a holy Shiite shrine in Najaf where rebels have been locked in a two-week standoff with US-led forces.