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Article: U.S. seizes Najaf governor's office; Baghdad car bomb kills five Iraqis, one U.S. soldier
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- May 6, 2004
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AP Worldstream
05-06-2004
Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq
U.S. soldiers seized the governor's office Thursday in the holy city of Najaf, wresting control from Shiite militiamen loyal to a radical cleric in battles that left an estimated 40 insurgents dead.
In Baghdad, a suicide car bomber killed five Iraqi civilians and an American soldier at the edge of the heavily guarded Green Zone that houses the U.S. headquarters. The blast wounded 25 people, including two U.S. soldiers.
Amid concerns that U.S. troops were about to move directly against anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, his militiamen dug in in Najaf, taking positions behind earthen mounds leading into the city center and firing a barrage of ...