US Aircraft Hits Rebel Positions in Najaf
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A US military aircraft launched several strikes on suspected Shi&#39;ite militant positions in the besieged southern city of Najaf late on Monday, a Reuters witness said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. military plane unleashed  rapid cannon fire on positions held by Shi'ite rebels in the  sacred city of Najaf early on Sunday, a Reuters witness said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed up early on  Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final  demand from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - The U.S. military pounded positions  held by radical clerical Moqtada al-Sadr's lightly armed  militiamen early Friday, unleashing one of its most terrifying  aircraft in a bid to break their will to fight.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. tanks rumbled to within 800  meters (yards) of a holy shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on  Sunday as fierce clashes with Shi'ite rebels in a nearby town  killed at least 40 Iraqis, officials said.
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US forces reportedly surround Shia fighters in Najaf, after a night of intensive bombardment.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. military aircraft and ground  artillery launched several strikes on suspected Shi'ite  militant positions in the besieged southern city of Najaf late  Monday, Reuters witnesses said.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. tanks on Tuesday reinforced  their positions along the southern flank of Najaf's Imam Ali  shrine, scene of a three-week-old Shi'ite rebellion.
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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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Strong blasts were heard in the besieged city of Najaf early on Sunday as U.S. military planes unleashed cannon and howitzer fire.
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US WARPLANES have struck insurgent positions in the rebel-held Iraqi flashpoint town of Fallujah. In two air raids carried out early yesterday, US aircraft bombed rebel positions
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes pounded areas near a shrine early Friday where radical Shi&#39;ite militiamen were holed up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister to disarm.
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At least 30 explosions shook Najaf&#39;s Old City late on Thursday as a US plane hit militant targets east of the Imam Ali shrine.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- US infantrymen engaged in fierce battles with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militants yesterday, and US tanks moved closer to Imam Ali Shrine as the American military stepped up pressure on the insurgents to leave the holy site and end their uprising.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. helicopter gunships pounded  Shi'ite militias in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday as  tanks rumbled to within 800 yards of a holy shrine at the  center of a near three-week insurgency.
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US forces and Shiite militants fought fierce battles in Najaf today, with airstrikes near a revered shrine and exchanges of mortar fire and artillery, as the US military