Drone_pilot
10-08-04, 15:39
US troops are asking civilians to leave parts of Najaf, raising fears of a new assault on the holy Iraqi city.
Clashes are raging for the sixth day running between forces loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr and foreign troops.
Announcements in Arabic warn residents near the front lines that there is no truce and asks them to evacuate.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Baghdad says the Najaf stand-off is the biggest test for Iraq's interim government, also challenged by violence elsewhere.
In the capital itself, mortar rounds and rockets were fired at parts of the city where the interim government is based.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3550668.stm)
Clashes are raging for the sixth day running between forces loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr and foreign troops.
Announcements in Arabic warn residents near the front lines that there is no truce and asks them to evacuate.
The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Baghdad says the Najaf stand-off is the biggest test for Iraq's interim government, also challenged by violence elsewhere.
In the capital itself, mortar rounds and rockets were fired at parts of the city where the interim government is based.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3550668.stm)