IRAQ: CLASHES BREAK OUT BETWEEN MILITIA LOYAL TO SHI'ITE CLERIC MOQTADA SADR AND U.S. TROOPS IN NAJAF.

Record ID: 647880

  • Title: IRAQ: CLASHES BREAK OUT BETWEEN MILITIA LOYAL TO SHI'ITE CLERIC MOQTADA SADR AND U.S. TROOPS IN NAJAF.
  • Date: 22nd May 2004
  • Summary: (W4) NAJAF, IRAQ (MAY 22, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. TV: OF THE CEMETERY AND AUDIO OF GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSION. 0.25 2. MLV: MEHDI ARMY MEMBER IN THE STREET, AND VEHICLES. 0.31 3. TV: OF THE CEMETERY AND AUDIO OF GUNFIRE. 1.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th June 2004 13:00
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  • Location: NAJAF, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA7HJ2IWLMDO3FT90U39HB9081S
  • Story Text: Clashes broke out between militia loyal to rebel
    Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and U.S. troops in Najaf on
    Saturday.



    Clashes erupted on Saturday (May 22, 2004) in the holy
    city of Najaf between militia loyal to rebel Shiite cleric
    Mooqtada al-Sadr and U.S. troops.

    The clashes erupted in the morning near the cemetry
    which is less than two kilometres (one mile) from the Imam
    Ali mausoleum in the city centre.

    On Friday (May 21) U.S. forces detained a top aide of
    rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr Mohammed Tabtabai in Kufa.

    Sadr, who is wanted by the coalition in connection with
    last year's murder of a moderate Shiite cleric, himself
    delivered the weekly sermon, as in past weeks, at the
    Kufa mosque, near Najaf.

    Coalition troops have been locked in furious clashes
    with Sadr's militiamen since the popular leader launched an
    uprising across central and southern Iraq last month.


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