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0rion Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 11:31 AM
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U.S. Aircraft Hit Militias in Najaf as Tanks Near Shrine
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US Aircraft Hit Militias in Najaf as Tanks Near Shrine

By Michael Georgy

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. helicopter gunships pounded Shi'ite militias in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday as tanks rumbled to within 800 meters (yards) of a holy shrine at the center of a near three-week insurgency.

With talks aimed at ending the siege of the Imam Ali mosque stalled, U.S. forces appeared to have tightened their noose around the old city, a stronghold of rebels loyal to radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

Reuters
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0rion Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-22-04 11:33 AM
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Edited on Sun Aug-22-04 11:33 AM by 0rion
We already discussed this issue in April with Cisco and Skinner and we were given permission to post AP and Reuters articles in LBN, we would like this to be honored.

The mod who has an issue with this, please contact me via PM.
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