- NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) --
U.S. planes unleashed a fierce attack on rebel targets in Najaf early on
Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
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- The air strikes shook Najaf just after U.S. artillery
fire and cannon assaults from an AC-130 gunship rattled the Iraqi city
of 500,000.
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- Militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have
endured several nights of U.S. air attacks aimed at forcing them to lay
down their weapons and leave a shrine where they are holed up.
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- After the attack gray smoke was seen rising near the
Imam Ali mosque. U.S. forces have been tightening their siege on Shi'ite
militants holed up there.
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- The city which has been gripped by three weeks of fighting.
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