IRAQ: U.S. FORCES ATTACK SHI'ITE POSITIONS IN NAJAF.

Record ID: 355674

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. FORCES ATTACK SHI'ITE POSITIONS IN NAJAF.
  • Date: 25th August 2004
  • Summary: (U7) NAJAF, IRAQ (AUGUST 24-25, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TV: NIGHT VIEWS AUDIO OF EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE (2 SHOTS) 0.55 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th September 2004 13:00
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  • Location: NAJAF, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVABM170OPHR3YPJ8S5HEFACWXCM
  • Story Text: A U.S. AC-130 gunship joined an attack on Shi'ite
    militant positions near a sacred shrine in the southern Iraqi
    city of Najaf.




    Several blasts were heard after the plane started
    circling above the battered city late on Tuesday (August
    24) night. Hours earlier, the Iraqi government warned it
    would wipe out the militants if they did not surrender.

    The AC-130's rapid fire cannon hit targets, making a
    sound like a jack hammer.

    Iraqi police and security forces, who appeared in the
    battle zone for the first time on Tuesday, sealed off
    several streets before the attack was unleashed.




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