Fighting intensive in Najaf
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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 shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold.
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Description: Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr remains in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, while fighting continues in the streets. NPR&#39;s Liane Hansen speaks with Scott Baldauf, a staff writer for The Christian Science
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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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Fighting resumes in the Iraqi city of Najaf between US troops and Shia militias after an abortive peace bid.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - A fierce gunbattle erupted early on  Monday between U.S. troops and radical Shi'ite militants near  Najaf's holy shrine, a Reuters witness said.
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22 August 2004 -- Sustained fighting between Shi&#39;ite militiamen and US-led forces has broken out again in Al-Najaf, with explosions and gunfire echoing through the southern Iraqi city.
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By Abdul Hussein Al-Obeidi, Associated Press, 8/22/2004 15:32. NAJAF, Iraq  Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf&#39;s Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations
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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 -- Renewed fighting between Shi'ite militants and US and Iraqi forces appeared likely here after talks between rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government collapsed yesterday, raising fears of a climactic showdown in one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest cities.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces battled militants Tuesday in Najaf, sending plumes of black smoke over the holy city, as Iraq's government warned fighters loyal to a radical cleric to abandon their weekslong standoff inside the Imam Ali Shrine or face attack...
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf on Monday amid fierce battles between US forces and Shiite militants, who remained in control of a revered shrine here as negotiations
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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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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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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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U.S. troops clashed with Shi'ite militiamen in Najaf on Saturday, interrupting a day of relative calm in the holy city with the sound of mortar, rocket-propelled grenade and machinegun fire, witnesses said.