French-American Journalist Said Kidnapped: "A French-American journalist was kidnapped Monday in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, Al-Jazeera television reported. (AP)"
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Journalists ordered out of Najaf: "Reporters have to leave the holy city of Najaf where Shia militants have clashed with US and Iraqi troops."
In BBC: Conflict with Iraq
Move, or the Mosque Gets It: "
From CNN :
Twenty-five heavily armed foreigners holed up inside the Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf have rigged it with explosives and are threatening to blow up the building if attacked, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Sunday in a written statement.The statement said the interim Iraqi government has ordered national guard forces not to target the mosque, and not to approach it.
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"In Command Post: Irak
Attack overshadows Iraqi conference: "Delegates from across Iraq met in Baghdad to map out the road to democracy despite renewed violence in the besieged holy city of Najaf and the capital itself."
In Ananova: War In Iraq
Najaf: The silence of a siege (15 Aug 04) in Radio Free USA
Thousands in S. Korea Protest Iraq Plans: "Hundreds of protesters clashed with police Sunday near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul during a demonstration against the country's plans to send more troops to Iraq. (AP)"
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Protest at Iraq Forum Reshapes Najaf Crisis: "BAGHDAD, Aug. 15 -- More than 1,100 Iraqis convened Sunday for the start of a conference aimed at selecting a national assembly, a milestone in the country's transition to democracy, but the high-security meeting was roiled by a dispute over the use of military force to confront militiamen loyal to a rebellious Shiite Muslim cleric. (washingtonpost.com)"
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Israeli helicopters fire missiles in Gaza: "Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike Sunday, in what was shaping up to be the biggest showdown between thousands of inmates and the Israeli authorities since the outbreak of Mideast fighting in 2000."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Attack overshadows Iraqi conference: "Delegates from across Iraq met in Baghdad to map out the road to democracy despite renewed violence in the besieged holy city of Najaf and the capital itself."
In Ananova: War In Iraq
Rwandan troops arrive in Darfur region: "Dozens of Rwandan soldiers arrived in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
U.S. soldiers battle Shiites in Najaf: "U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy."
In Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Long trip home ends happily: "FORT RILEY, Kan. ? It doesn't matter that the 300 soldiers ? after traveling 38 hours and 11,000 miles from a war ? still have to march almost a mile on foot. They are breathing the brisk air of an early Kansas morning, one that smells like clean dew on grass instead of sludge from a sewer. And they already can hear the cheers."
In Kansas City Star: Iraq
