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Article: Five Iraqis, one GI killed in Baghdad bombing: Governor's office in Najaf taken over by U.S. soldiers
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 7, 2004
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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 mortar shells and small-arms fire ...
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