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Thurs - Aug 19 -

ROCKING NAJAF

*A series of loud explosions has rocked the holy Iraqi city of Najaf as radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr continued to defy calls to end his insurgency...

The bombardment went on for more than 30 minutes, and the explosions could be heard several kilometres away.

A large cloud of smoke was seen rising near the Imam Ali shrine, from where Sadr supporters have been fighting US troops...*

+ Doesn't Muqty usually go to Kufah on Fridays?

:: Excerpt From BBC - Middle East ::

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