Article: U.S. troops turn over Najaf to Iraqi forces

Article: Najaf ambush illustrates challenge in rooting out Saddam's soldiers.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Kirsten Scharnberg NAJAF, Iraq _ The townspeople...for the American soldiers who had only hours...DeOlivera shouted to his soldiers. Watch those rooftops...the main road of Najaf. People on the sidewalks...grenade launchers, the soldiers set out in two long...that cuts through Najaf. ...

Article: Soldiers Prepare for Block-by-Block Assault in Najaf, Iraq.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ......against one of their soldiers on the ground and...the battle for Najaf goes well, commanders...killed four American soldiers on the outskirts of Najaf, two of the 101st...fly in infantry soldiers. Linnington said...fighters are in Najaf. Reports from the...

Article: U.S. Troops Turn Over Najaf to Iraqis
AP Online;  December 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ...NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. forces...control of southern Najaf province to Iraqi police and soldiers, who marked the...two more U.S. soldiers, one in Baghdad...930,000 people, Najaf saw heavy fighting...Authorities in Najaf city banned vehicles...police officers, soldiers and security ...

Article: Iraqi forces control Najaf province
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...NAJAF, Iraq -- U.S. forces...control of southern Najaf province to Iraqi police and soldiers, who marked the...The handover of Najaf came as new Defense...of two more U.S. soldiers, one in Baghdad...930,000 people, Najaf saw heavy fighting...Authorities in Najaf city banned ...

Article: U.S. soldiers, militiamen clash in holy city of Najaf
AP Worldstream;  May 14, 2004 ;     261 words ......Worldstream 05-14-2004 Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq U.S. soldiers and militiamen loyal to a radical...exchanged gunfire in the holy city of Najaf on Friday. Several explosions...abuse of Iraqi detainees by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison, and urged...

Article: U.S. Soldiers Attack Targets in Najaf
AP Online;  May 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Much of the fighting in Najaf happened in the city's vast...was the deepest yet into Najaf, and U.S. soldiers also appeared to have cut off the main road between Najaf and nearby Kufa, where al-Sa...of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers. The United States released...military police guards. In ...

Article: U.S. seizes governor's office in Najaf, car bomb explodes near U.S.-run Green Zone, killing five Iraqis and U.S. soldier
AP Worldstream;  May 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......new governor for Najaf province as part...were killed, U.S. soldiers said. Also Thursday...military said. In Najaf, soldiers moved into the area...cities including Najaf and Kufa. "I think...also powerful, U.S. soldiers fought a gunbattle...

Article: U.S. seizes Najaf governor's office; Baghdad car bomb kills five Iraqis, one U.S. soldier
AP Worldstream;  May 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......05-06-2004 Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq U.S. soldiers seized the governor...the holy city of Najaf, wresting control...including two U.S. soldiers. Amid concerns that...militiamen dug in in Najaf, taking positions...Thursday. American soldiers responded with 120mm...past two days U.S. ...

Article: Two U.S. soldiers killed near Mosul; 10,000 Shiite Muslims stage anti-American demonstration in Najaf
AP Worldstream;  July 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq Two soldiers from the 101st Airborne...151 the number of American soldiers killed in action since the...meanwhile. In the holy city of Najaf 10,000 Shiite Muslim demonstrators...demonstrators to turn back. Soldiers used Humvees to barricade...Muqtada, go ahead. We are your ...

Article: U.S. soldiers attack militia targets in holy city of Najaf, radical cleric remains defiant
AP Worldstream;  May 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 05-14-2004 Dateline: NAJAF, Iraq Backed by helicopters, American tanks charged into...Britain. Explosions and heavy machine gun gunfire rocked Najaf neighborhoods for hours, and bands of militiamen with...sovereignty to Iraqis on June 30. Much of the fighting in ...

Article: Urgent: Three US soldiers killed in Najaf province
Xinhua News Agency;  August 16, 2004 ;     37 words ...Urgent: Three US soldiers killed in Najaf province BAGHDAD, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Three US soldiers were killed on Sunday during clashes with Shiite militiamen in the Iraqi province of Najaf, the US military said in a statement on Monday.

Article: Crowds in Najaf, Iraq, Cheer American Soldiers.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Business News Apr. 4--NAJAF, Iraq -- The crowd...out to the American soldiers. They are confident...to Basra. Yet in Najaf, just 24 hours after...company of DeOlivera's soldiers marched through the...of the activity in Najaf on Thursday marked...Army in how its soldiers would ...

Article: US soldiers, Shiite fighters exchange fire in Najaf as three Marines ''die in action'' in Anbar
Al Bawaba;  May 30, 2004 ;     167 words ...U.S. soldiers clashed with Shiite gunmen in the holy city of Najaf on Sunday, a day after Najaf's governor accused cleric Muqtada al- Sadr and...were released, the U.S. military reported. In Najaf, Governor Adnan al-Zurufi complained al-Sadr...

Article: Assailants ambush British convoy near Iraqi capitalU.S. soldiers clash with Shiite gunmen in Najaf
Oakland Tribune;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......witnesses said. U.S. soldiers came under fire...unraveling. Two American soldiers were wounded in...around the holy city, Najaf, the military said...Sunday night in Najaf's twin city Kufa...late Sunday when soldiers tried to secure...hospital official. In Najaf, 100 miles ...