Welsh aid worker inside sieged city Najaf

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Aug 22 2004
Greg Lewis, Wales on Sunday

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One in particular sounded very close, shaking the house even stronger than the others, the glass light fittings rattled and my toes curled."

Unable to pass the Americans, they drove 10 kilometres to Kufa, where there was more fighting at another mosque where Muqtada al-Sadr leads prayers every Friday.


"This time I saw it," she said. "A huge explosion in front of us threw up loads of dirt and debris and the road disappeared in a cloud of smoke. We drove on quickly. To stop would have surely meant that we would have been killed.

"A white car passed us, the driver was holding his bloodsoaked head as he drove on - his car was wrecked, but he kept going - you must not stop."

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