Battle for Iraq's future
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Donald Macintyre in Najaf
16 August 2004
Democracy was a long way from Najaf yesterday. As fighting resumed in
the Shia holy city, Iyad Allawi's government moved to impose an
authoritarian media clampdown before any full-scale assault on the
holy sites which insurgents have made their base.
Amid continued exchanges of fire, US tanks rolled deeper into the old
city in an attempt to tighten the cordon around the militants loyal to
Muqtada Sadr based in and around the shrine of Imam Ali. Sporadic
explosions continued throughout the day when US forces used Apache
helicopters, warplanes and tank shells in response to mortars,
rocket-propelled grenades, and machine-gun fire by the insurgents.
Donald Macintyre
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