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Article: Uneasy truce evaporates in Najaf; Sadr's Mahdi Army and US forces clashed Thursday.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 6, 2004
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Byline: Scott Baldauf and Dan Murphy Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
NAJAF AND BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- The fragile truce between fighters loyal to the militant Shiite preacher Moqtada al-Sadr and US forces decisively broke down Thursday with fierce fighting throughout the day in the key Shiite shrine city of Najaf.
Much of the country's Shiite south veered closer to a full-fledged uprising like the one Sadr's men engaged in last April when they briefly held at least six southern cities and engaged in battles that left about 300 insurgents and dozens of US forces dead.
The April fighting followed an aborted attempt to arrest Sadr, and ...