Clashes break out in Najaf as militants in standoff hold on to ...
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US warplanes bombed Najaf&#39;s Old City and troops clashed with Shiite militiamen Sunday amid fears a plan to end the standoff could collapse.
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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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NAJAF: A fierce gunbattle erupted between US troops and radical Shi&#39;ite militants near Najaf&#39;s holy shrine this morning, a Reuters witness said.
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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 revered shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold...
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover
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NAJAF, Iraq (CNN) -- Fighting between US forces and fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resumed Saturday outside the Imam Ali mosque in Najaf.
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Militia fighters loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today continued to battle US soldiers in Najaf, hours after a delegation from Iraq&#39;s national conference had left the city empty-handed when its truce offer was turned down.
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As the standoff in Najaf continues between Iraqi, US and coalition troops and forces under the command of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq&#39;s top Shiite
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Militant supporters of radical Iraqi Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr kept their hold on a sacred religious shrine Sunday as fighting flared around the holy city of Najaf, south of Baghdad.
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Shi&#39;ite militiamen continue to occupy the Imam Ali shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf, despite religious authorities&#39; efforts to end the 17-day standoff.
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Fighting in Najaf, a holy city for Shi&#39;ite Muslims in Iraq, is at crisis point. Militiamen led by anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up in the golden-domed Imam Ali mosque in a standoff against Iraq&#39;s interim government and American troops.
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The US military clashed aggressively with forces of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as negotiations to end the standoff at one of Islam&#39;s most revered shrines remained stalled.
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More fighting has been reported in the Iraqi city of Najaf, despite an agreement by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to end clashes between his supporters and US-led forces.
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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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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. forces fought pitched battles  with Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen in the center of Najaf on  Tuesday, hours before an Iraqi delegation was due in the holy  city to appeal to a radical cleric to end an uprising.
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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.