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Article: Clashes Pierce Iraqi Cease-Fires; Fighting Erupts With Sadr Forces in Najaf and Baghdad
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 11, 2004
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Street fighting erupted between Iraqi police and Shiite Muslim
militiamen in Najaf on Thursday, shaking a five-day-old truce that
had restored peace to the holy city after weeks of clashes between
Shiite fighters and U.S. occupation troops.
Within hours, U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City were
trading gunfire with members of the same Shiite militia, breaking
several days of calm and ruining plans for a more formal cease-fire
in the capital's most densely populated neighborhood. Residents said
automatic rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades were
heard throughout the afternoon.
The Najaf battle took place in the center of the city 90 miles
south of Baghdad and did not ...
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