Fighting Rages On Near Iraqi Shrine: ; Talks Continue with Militants; U.S. Journalist Released

Charleston Daily Mail › August 24, 2004

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NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf today amid fierce battles between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, who remained in control of a revered shrine here as negotiations dragged on for its handover to religious authorities.

In the southern city of Nasiriyah, U.S. journalist Micah Garen said after his release from more a week in captivity that he hoped to stay in Iraq to continue working on a documentary project he'd started about the looting of archaeological sites.

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Fighting Rages On Near Iraqi Shrine: ; Talks Continue with Militants; U.S. Journalist Released

For over an hour today, militants in the holy city of Najaf fired mortars at U.S....

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