50 suspects held in Najaf
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Iraqi authorities have detained 50 suspects in connection with Sunday&#39;s explosion in the Shiite holy city of Najaf. Governor Adnan al-Zurufi said on Monday that cars have been banned from entering the downtown area to prevent future car bombings.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - At least five loud explosions on Thursday echoed from near holy sites in the Iraqi city of Najaf where a radical Shi&#39;ite cleric has remained holed up despite earlier agreeing to leave a sacred shrine.
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The Interior Ministry has mobilized more than 50,000 forces to prepare for the annual hajj pilgrimage, officials said Saturday, but they warned that terrorists may still be able to launch attacks.
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NAJAF, Iraq - A rebel cleric's militiamen kept their guns outside a holy site Friday after issuing a surprise offer to give up control of the Imam Ali Shrine to Shiite Muslim religious leaders, but negotiators wrangled into the night over getting the militants out of the compound.    The removal of weapons and pledge to hand over keys to religious authorities was seen as a big step toward a resolution of the two-week faceoff in Najaf that has killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds in fighting between Muqtada al-Sadr's militia and a joint U.S.-Iraq force...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The fate of a radical Shi'ite  rebellion in the holy city of Najaf was uncertain on Friday  amid disputed reports that Iraqi police had gained control of  the Imam Ali Mosque.
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NAJAF, Iraq : Militiamen loyal to Moqtada Sadr were still holding Najaf&#39;s Imam Ali mosque Sunday, as smouldering violence and differences between Shiite leaders threatened to scupper efforts to end a weeks-long stand-off.
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Iraqi police forces in Najaf today captured four senior aides to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al- Sadr, al-Arabiya reported, citing Iraqi officials.
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Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to defuse a confrontation between U.S. troops and militiamen holed up in a revered shrine in the city.
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Three Islamic terror suspects arrested on suspicion of planning massive bombings in Germany may have been part of a larger network involving up to 50 people, an official said Saturday.
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Iraqi police took control of the Imam  Ali Mosque in the holy city of Najaf on Friday after entering  the shrine and finding that militia loyal to a radical cleric  had left, the Interior Ministry said.
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Pakistani troops captured 50 Islamist militants in an operation in the rugged tribal region near the Afghan border, a day after killing dozens of rebels in the area, the military said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi police took control of the  area around Najaf's Imam Ali mosque Friday after militiamen  loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr left the shrine, a  Reuters correspondent at the scene said.
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Police rounded up dozens of suspects Monday after twin suicide car bombings killed 66 people in Iraq's Shi'ite holy cities, attacks that intensified fears of sectarian violence during elections on Jan. 30.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi security forces tightened  their grip on the streets around a sacred shrine in Najaf  Tuesday after the government warned Shi'ite rebels inside they  would be killed if they did not surrender.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to defuse a confrontation between US troops and militiamen holed up in a revered shrine in the city.
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The authorities in Iraq&#39;s Shiite holy city of Najaf have detained 50 suspects after Sunday&#39;s suicide car bomb attack and prevented cars from entering the city center, governor Adnan al-Zurfi said Monday.
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Suspected militants have kidnapped an Iraqi intelligence officer in response to the fighting in the holy city of Najaf, Al Jazeera television reported on Tuesday.