Corpses fuel suspicions as Najaf battle ends
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access to an Islamic courthouse that had been run by militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr. &quot;Cover your noses. This is where his Mehdi Army slit the throats of people and then left them to rot,&quot; one said.
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KUFA, Iraq - A mortar barrage slammed into a mosque filled with Iraqis preparing to march on the embattled city of Najaf, killing 27 people and wounding 63 Thursday, while the nation's top Shiite cleric arrived at the gates of the holy city in a massive convoy hoping to end three weeks of fighting.  ..
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At least 77 Iraqis have been killed and  70 wounded in fighting in the holy city of Najaf over the past  24 hours, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Friday.
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Sunday's attack on Shiites in Najaf may have been launched by the Shiite 'Army of Heaven' sect.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. armored vehicles and tanks rolled back into the streets of Najaf and troops battled Shiite militants in a vast cemetery Sunday in a resumption of fighting after the collapse of negotiations aimed at ending the standoff in this holy city...
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At least 40 Iraqis were killed on Saturday in fierce clashes near the southern city of Najaf, where Shi'ite militias are involved in a standoff with U.S.-led forces, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
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NAJAF, Iraq : Rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr bowed Thursday to demands laid down by Iraq&#39;s Shiite spiritual leader to end the conflict in Najaf, as 74 people were killed in a mortar attack and shooting in nearby Kufa.
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Friday&#39;s defusing of the three-week military standoff in Najaf has the disappointing result that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and his militia survive to fight another battle, threatening US military forces and the fledgling Iraqi government.
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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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67 people are dead after separate suicide car bombings in the cities of Najaf and Karbala. Analysts say the bombers could be attempting to spark a civil war between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, since a large majority of Shiites populate the two holy cities.
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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 - 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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More than a dozen charred and bloated bodies have been discovered in a religious court set up by Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf&#39;s Old City, Iraqi police say.
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US warplanes bombed Najaf&#39;s Old City and gunfire rattled on Sunday amid fears a plan to end the standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr could collapse.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Ivan Watson reports from Baghdad on the aftermath of the three-week battle in the holy city of Najaf. The guns have fallen silent, and militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al
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Reporters have been led to see 15 bodies in a basement in Najaf claimed by Iraqi police to have been used as a religious court by supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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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 U.S. troops and militiamen holed  up in a revered shrine in the city.