Attack on shrine threatens US plan
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BAGHDAD -- Officials imposed curfews, Iraqis hunkered down in their homes, and a top US commander admitted to a "sinking feeling" yesterday after bombs once again struck a Shi'ite Muslim mosque partially destroyed in an attack last year.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes and artillery  pounded Shi'ite militia positions around a shrine in the Iraqi  city of Najaf, trying to break the will of rebels who have  defied the interim government for three weeks.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and snipers took up positions near the revered Imam Ali Shrine and engaged in fierce battles with militants Monday as the U.S...
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US forces drew nearer to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf on Monday, the site of a standoff between the American military and militants loyal to Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that&#39;s lasted almost three weeks.
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NAJAF - A senior commander of Shia militants holed up inside a Najaf shrine said the wall of the mosque was hit by US fire last night.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A senior commander of Shi'ite  militants holed up inside a Najaf shrine said the wall of the  mosque was hit by U.S. fire on Sunday night.
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DUBAI -- The United States will face worse attacks than those on Sept. 11, 2001 if it does not heed Al Qaeda demands effectively allowing the group control over Muslim countries, a US Islamist militant said yesterday.
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After the second high-profile attack on one of the country's most sacred Shi'ite shrines this year, a tense Baghdad braces for the fallout
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The attack signaled that the cycle of violence following the destruction a Shiite shrine has not entirely unfolded.
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The United States faces an increased threat of attack from al Qaeda, which will likely try to use battle-hardened associates in Iraq to strike inside the United States, an intelligence report warned on Tuesday.
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The United States has warned militants  are preparing to launch attacks in U.S.-allied Kuwait and urged  Americans in the Gulf Arab state to be watchful.
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NAJAF: Radical Shi&#39;ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has urged his Mehdi Army followers to keep fighting the US-led forces attacking Najaf, but said he was willing to hand over the city shrine to religious leaders.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Iraqi troops could raid Najaf's holy Imam Ali Shrine on Wednesday in a final push to root out Shiite militants hiding there while they battle U.S. forces, Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes pounded areas near a  shrine early Friday where radical Shi'ite militiamen were holed  up after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand  from Iraq's interim prime minister to disarm.
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BAGHDAD - The US militaryâs conclusion that a suicide bomber inside a US base was probably responsible for the deadliest strike on Americans in Iraq creates nightmare dilemmas for US forces.
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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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The tougher approach by US forces is intended to stabilize the country before elections, but offensives bring new risks. For the first time in the Iraq war, according to military officials, US aircraft last week directly bombed a mosque.