Author: DXO
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COMBAT: U.S. Switches Tactic in Najaf, Trying Isolation
August 13, 2004 By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN F. BURNS NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 12 – Faced with a populist Shiite cleric who has bunkered a heavily-armed militia force in the sect’s holiest shrine, American commanders in this city of 500,000 resorted reluctantly on Thursday to a scaled-down objective, throwing a wide cordon of troops and…
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Chalabi Returns to Iraq, Expecting Arrest but Vowing to Fight in Court
August 12th, 2004 by Sabrina Tavernise and John F. Burns BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 11 – Under a veil of secrecy and threat of arrest, the embattled former exile Ahmad Chalabi swept back into Iraq on Wednesday night, vowing to face criminal charges against him in court. And in a fresh sign that Mr. Chalabi is…
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COMBAT: U.S. Troops Fight Iraq Militiamen on Two Fronts
August 11th, 2004 by JOHN F. BURNS and ALEX BERENSON, NY Times BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 10 – American troops fought simultaneous battles on Tuesday with rebel Shiite militiamen in Najaf and the Baghdad slum of Sadr City. But American commanders, preparing new battle orders, appeared to have deferred for the time being any decision to…
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Iraqis Ordering Chalabi Arrest; He Vows Fight
August 10, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS and DEXTER FILKINS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 8 – Ahmad Chalabi, the exile leader who returned to Iraq last year hoping to run the country with American support, was ordered arrested on counterfeiting charges, Iraqi officials said Sunday night. Mr. Chalabi, whose fortunes fell into eclipse during the American…
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U.S. Says Its Grip on Iraqi Militia in Najaf Is Tight
August 10th, 2004 by Alex Berenson and John F. Burns, New York Times NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 9 – American forces besieging militiamen of a rebel cleric in a shrine and cemetery sacred to Shiite Muslims tightened their cordon on Monday, United States military officials in Baghdad said, and they warned the rebels that they could…