Blasts, Gunfire Shake Najaf As Talks Drag
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NAJAF, Iraq - 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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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fierce fighting broke out around a  shrine in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf Monday, and pieces of  shrapnel landed in the courtyard of the mosque held by  followers of a radical Shi'ite cleric, Reuters witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Supporters of rebel Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr were fired on as they marched from the town of  Kufa to the city of Najaf on Thursday and several were wounded,  witnesses at the scene said.
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Heavy blasts rock Najaf hours after the prime minister issues a "final call" to Moqtada Sadr to end his insurgency.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City yesterday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the revered shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold.
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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  - Heavy fighting broke out between  U.S. troops and Shi'ite militiamen in the Iraqi city of Najaf  on Wednesday after a peace delegation failed to broker a truce  to end nearly two weeks of clashes.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Explosions shook the Old City of Iraq&#39;s Najaf while suspected US AC-130 gunships pounded positions held by Sh&#39;ite militiamen in the holy city late Thursday, witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A large fire was blazing in Najaf  Saturday after a series of blasts and gunfire as a U.S. AC-130  plane circled overhead, a Reuters witness said.
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Dozens of explosions echoed in Najaf today as American marines fired artillery shells into the cemetery and fought with rebels loyal to Moktada al-Sadr.
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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 - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy...
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Peace has failed to bring reconciliation in Najaf, a city considered significant to Shi&#39;ite Muslims and where self-declared holy warriors battled US forces last month.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy US bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr order his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf ...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr clashed with U.S. troops in Najaf on Saturday  after talks with religious authorities to end a siege at the  city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.
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A US warplane  shells suspected rebel positions in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf as peace talks stall.