Blasts, Gunfire Shake Najaf As Talks Drag
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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 shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold...
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A large fire blazed in Najaf in  Iraq Saturday after a series of blasts and gunfire as a U.S.  military plane circled overhead, a Reuters witness said.
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Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf amid fierce battles between US forces and Shiite militants, who remained in control of a revered shrine there as negotiations dragged on for its handover to religious authorities.
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Supporters of rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were fired on as they marched from the town of Kufa to the city of Najaf on Thursday and several were wounded, witnesses at the scene said.
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At least five loud explosions have been heard near holy sites in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Sniper fire could also he heard coming from the area.
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NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. warplanes bombed Najaf'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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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 for the handover
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Several mortar bombs were heard  landing in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Tuesday after  Shi'ite rebels came under fierce U.S. bombardment overnight.
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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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Iraqi delegates delivered a peace proposal to aides of Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf on Tuesday, but the militant cleric refused to meet with them as explosions, gunfire and a U.S. air strike on the sprawling cemetery echoed across the holy city.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Fears of heavier fighting in Najaf grew on Wednesday after an Iraqi peace delegation failed to defuse a confrontation between US troops and militiamen holed up in a revered shrine in the 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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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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Negotiations over the embattled city of Najaf took a new and complicated turn Thursday when an official of Iraq's interim government issued fresh demands to be met by rebellious Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, accompanied by warnings of an imminent military offensive at the shrine where Sadr's militia is holed up.
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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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Fierce fighting broke out in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf Monday, with numerous explosions and gunfire echoing around a sacred shrine held by followers of a radical Shi'ite cleric, Reuters witnesses said.
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Several loud explosions resonated near a holy shrine in Najaf on Monday as sporadic clashes continued between US-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen, witnesses said.