Delegation Is Delayed Before Reaching Najaf
666558
AGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 17  A delegation of Iraqis was delayed for security reasons today but still intended to visit Najaf to try to convince a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in the holy city and end ...
80081
NAJAF, Iraq - Sporadic gunfire echoed through Najaf on Friday after a night of heavy U.S. bombing that saw radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr order his fighters to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities...
709360
A delegation from Iraq&#39;s national conference has gone to the holy city of Najaf to try to end a bloody Shia uprising. Security concerns delayed the group&#39;s departure and reduced the number of representatives who went.
40295
Iraq&#39;s Shi&#39;a spiritual leader rushed back from abroad on Wednesday to &quot;save Najaf&quot; after American forces smashed militia defences to trap hundreds of supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the city&#39;s shrine.
478142
A delegation of Iraqi political and  religious leaders flew out of Baghdad on U.S. military  helicopters Tuesday, heading for Najaf in a bid to end a bloody  Shi'ite uprising, delegates said.
484293
Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand  Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on  Najaf on Thursday not to enter the battered holy city until he  arrived, a senior aide said.
615533
Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on Najaf on Thursday not to enter the battered holy city until he arrived, a senior aide said.
745173
A Sudanese minister has said the decision to expel the heads of two aid agencies is administrative and will be delayed. Sudan decided to postpone a decision to expel the country heads of two British aid agencies
380491
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mortar fire and gunshots were heard in Najaf a day after an Iraqi delegation failed to meet Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on a peace mission aimed at ending an uprising by the cleric&#39;s militia, Agence France-Presse said.
398987
The first official visit to Iran by   Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, that was due to   take place on Monday will be delayed for a day or more, Iraqi   and Iranian officials said on Sunday.
690043
NAJAF, Iraq -- Loyalists to Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr remained in control of the gold-domed Imam Ali shrine yesterday after failing to reach an agreement with representatives of Iraq's most senior Shi'ite leader on how to hand over the holy site.
166213
A much-anticipated ceremony to transfer   operational command from U.S-led forces to Iraq's new army was   postponed on Saturday at the last minute amid confusion, a U.S.   military spokesman said, citing poor planning.
412480
BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- An eight-member team of Iraqi political and religious leaders flew to Najaf on Tuesday by a US military helicopter in a bid to end a bloody Shiite uprising there,delegates said.
37190
An Iraqi delegation is going to Najaf to try to end  a stand-off between US-led forces and Shia militants.
770319
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani yesterday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines.
377429
NAJAF, Iraq -- Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City yesterday in a fierce battle between US forces and Shi'ite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the shrine that the fighters have used as their stronghold.
340546
Iraq&#39;s interim government and the US military forces in Najaf were adopting a &quot;wait-and-see&quot; approach last night after giving Shia rebels 24 hours in which to agree a peace deal with the senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani.