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Article: U.S., Iraqis Discuss Aid to Najaf, Baghdad
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- August 31, 2004
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KIM HOUSEGO, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
08-31-2004
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Children walk on a main street filled with garbage and stagnant water caused by a lack of maintenance due to months of sporadic fighting between U.S. soldiers and militiamen loyal to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2004. Aides of al-Sadr on Monday called on his followers across Iraq to observe a unilateral cease-fire, bringing relative calm to the slums. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
U.S. and Iraqi officials on Tuesday discussed ways to step up aid to Najaf and a war-battered neighborhood in Baghdad after rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to end ...