Coalition Forces, Shi'ite Rebels Clash Near Najaf (VoA News)

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A U.S. military official in Iraq says about 60 militiamen have been killed in fierce overnight clashes with coalition forces near the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf.

U.S. General Mark Kimmitt said the military believes most of them were members of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's illegal militia. The coalition says the militia is using Najaf's mosques and shrines as bases, and for the storage of weapons and ammunition.

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