US Launches Fresh Assault on Sadr Forces in Najaf
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US forces launched a fresh assault on Shi&#39;ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque at the center of a two-week siege ran into difficulties.
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U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S. Shiite cleric.
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US warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-US Shiite cleric.
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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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A US warplane launched an airstrike on militants loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday as American and Iraqi forces press attacks to crush militants hunkered down in the sprawling eastern Baghdad slum of Sadr City.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. warplanes blasted insurgent positions in Sadr City, and American ground troops pushed into the sprawling Baghdad slum Thursday in a new operation aimed at disarming the militia of a renegade anti-U.S...
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American forces sharply intensified fighting here early on Tuesday morning, as troops attacked rebels loyal to Moktada al-Sadr from three
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Clashes between US troops and Sadr militiamen escalated Thursday, as the US surrounded Najaf for possible siege.
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NAJAF, IRAQ - Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr faces an Iraqi offensive on his Najaf stronghold within hours, despite his apparent agreement to lay down arms, Iraqi cabinet officials said Thursday.
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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 forces launched airstrikes against insurgent positions in the Iraqi city of Fallujah and Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City late Monday. Witnesses say US warplanes fired missiles into northern Fallujah in the latest in
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US forces are reported to have launched overnight air attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City suburb.
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US forces has unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on positions held by forces loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr in Najaf. Hopes of a peaceful resolution to the bloody siege of a revered Shiite shrine are fast
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US tanks rumbled to within 800 metres of a holy shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf today as fierce clashes with Shiite rebels in a nearby town killed at least 40 Iraqis, officials said.
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US warplanes pounded Mehdi Army positions in Najaf early Monday as fighting continued between US-Iraqi forces and militiamen loyal to renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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The US launches a "precision strike" on militants in Falluja, while explosions ring out in Baghdad's Sadr City.
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NAJAF, Iraq  Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy US bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr order his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf ...