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U.S. prepares to capture rebel Iraqi cleric

Apr-14-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Here's an article with some information about Najaf and Mosul.

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By Gleb Bryanski

NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. forces have tightened their grip around one of Iraq's holiest cities as the rebel Shi'ite cleric they have vowed to kill or capture offered peace terms to spare Najaf a bloodbath.

An envoy appointed by Moqtada al-Sadr said the wanted cleric had asked him to convey peace proposals to the Americans. [...]

The 2,500-strong 3rd Brigade Task Force, along with Spanish and Polish troops, set up what U.S. officers called an exclusion zone around Najaf and sent out reconnaissance patrols from Forward Operating Base Duke, 20 km (13 miles) west of the city. [...]

Four people were killed and six wounded in the northern city of Mosul when a Katyusha rocket, aimed at a police station, hit a civilian area, police and hospital officials said.


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