 "Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Najaf, heart of Shiite Islam, may become center of Iraq's political power.
Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 1/5/2005; 787 words
; Byline: Hannah Allam NAJAF, Iraq _ After years of praying for mercy and receiving little, Najaf's leaders say their day of deliverance is finally near _ Jan. 30, to be precise. The city of Najaf is the spiritual center for Iraq's Shiite Muslim ...
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 "All Things Considered (NPR)")
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Profile: Najaf re-establishes itself as the center of Shia Islam
All Things Considered (NPR); 8/4/2003; MICHELE NORRIS; 787 words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Najaf re-establishes itself as the center of ... NORRIS, host: In Iraq, the holy city of Najaf is enjoying a revival. It's the burial ... Now, four months after Saddam's ouster, Najaf is starting to re-establish itself. NPR ...
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Cleric on Najaf: peace mission; Iraq's top Shiite cleric arrives amid violence that leaves at least 27 dead, 63 wounded
Charleston Daily Mail; 8/26/2004; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; 787 words
; ... wounded. Fierce clashes also continued today in Najaf with U.S. warplanes bombing suspected positions ... Shiites as too radical. Al-Sistani is calling for Najaf and Kufa to be declared weapons- free cities, for all foreign forces to withdraw from Najaf and leave security to the police and for the ...
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Najaf Aims To Be The 'Capital' Of Iraq's South
NPR All Things Considered; 8/8/2008; MELISSA BLOCK; 787 words
; MELISSA BLOCK NPR All Things Considered 08-08-2008 Najaf Aims To Be The 'Capital' Of Iraq's South Host: MELISSA ... 00-21:00 PM Play Audio MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block. The southern Iraqi city of Najaf is the center of the Shiite Muslim faith. About a ...
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Najaf police: a thin blue line between foes; US troops encircled the Shrine of Ali Sunday as fighting resumed. The standoff leaves Iraqi police with few allies.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor; 8/23/2004; 787 words
; ... police was perhaps inevitable. The latest standoff in Najaf began just after midnight on Aug. 12, when Mahdi ... Col. Najah Yassim, acting deputy police chief of Najaf. We don't like to fight, but if all doors are shut ... safer for all people. To be sure, the police in Najaf appear at times not to realize ...
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Sistani aide: Najaf peace deal reached.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor; 8/27/2004; 787 words
; ... Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor NAJAF, IRAQ -- They came by the thousands, these unarmed ... leader to witness a peace he would try to bring to Najaf, his besieged city. Initially, the return of supreme ... Ayatollah Sistani to end three weeks of fighting in Najaf, according to a top ...
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Shiite power struggle simmers in Najaf; In Iraq's Shiite heartland, tensions remain high between Moqtada al Sadr and Iraq's ruling party SCIRI.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor; 11/2/2005; 787 words
; ... Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor NAJAF, IRAQ -- On a recent Friday night here ... the country's Shiite holiest city turned Najaf into a battlefield last summer when forces ... involving Mr. Sadr's supporters turned Najaf's streets violent again, this time clashing ...
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Analysis: Building democracy in Najaf a delicate exercise
Morning Edition (NPR); 6/16/2003; BOB EDWARDS; 787 words
; ... 06-16-2003 Analysis: Building democracy in Najaf a delicate exercise Host: BOB EDWARDS Time ... a delicate exercise in the holy city of Najaf. The town is home to a shrine sacred to ... of the country's population. Locals in Najaf are angry at US support for an interim ...
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Two visions of Iraq struggle to take hold; Fighting in Najaf threatened to undermine a conference to choose a national assembly.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor; 8/16/2004; 787 words
; ... The Christian Science Monitor BAGHDAD AND NAJAF -- With explosions outside rattling the ... miles to the south, Shiite militiamen in Najaf fought to defend cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ... claim to much progress as the fighting in Najaf resumes - threatening to overshadow the ...
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101st Airborne surrounds holy city of Najaf.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 3/30/2003; 787 words
; Byline: Kirsten Scharnberg NEAR NAJAF, Iraq _ The 101st Airborne Division surrounded the city of Najaf on Sunday and prepared for a block-by-block ... loyal to Saddam Hussein. The push to secure Najaf, a city of more than 500,000 people that is ...
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