U.S. Plane Attacks Najaf Rebels as Tanks Near Shrine
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A U.S. AC-130 gunship attacked  Shi'ite militia positions in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf early  on Monday after tanks reinforced the siege of a shrine at the  center of a nearly three-week insurgency.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  - 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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US military tanks advanced to a few hundred meters away from Imam Ali shrine for the first time during Najaf crisis, al-Arabiya TV channel reported on Sunday.
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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.
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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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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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US tanks and Iraqi soldiers are  said to be moving into position closer to the Imam Ali shrine in the  Iraqi city of Najaf.
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U.S. tanks rolled closer Monday to a revered Shiite shrine in Najaf where militants are hiding as explosions shook the cemetery in the holy city.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes, artillery and  marines engaged Shi'ite militiamen in a fierce battle around a  shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Monday in some of the  heaviest fighting since the 20-day-old rebellion erupted.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Strong blasts were heard in the  besieged city of Najaf early Sunday as U.S. military planes  unleashed cannon and howitzer fire and a heavy firefight  erupted.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft, apparently AC-130  gunships, pounded positions held by Shi'ite militiamen in the  Iraqi holy city of Najaf Thursday and large orange multiple  flashes lit the night sky.
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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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Iraqi forces today joined US troops in the battle with rebel militia in the holy city of Najaf. There was fierce fighting as the joint forces moved to within 200 metres of the Imam Ali shrine, where militiamen
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NAJAF, Iraq  - US warplanes pounded areas near a shrine where radical Shi&#39;ite militiamen were holed up early on Friday after their leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, defied a final demand from Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister to disarm.
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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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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.