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Article: U.S., Iraqi officials preparing to step up aid to war-battered Najaf, Baghdad
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- August 31, 2004
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KIM HOUSEGO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
08-31-2004
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
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 their uprising.
Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told tribal leaders from Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City slum _ scene of fierce clashes between U.S. forces and al-Sadr's militia _ that the government had allocated US$115 million for projects there to improve public services including water, electricity and sewage.
"The resumption and the stability of life in your city and in the whole of Iraq is a very important issue," ...