Standoff in Najaf Is Aggravated by Rebel Attack on U.S. Base

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Leading Shiites and Rebel Meet on Iraq
Standoff

Leading Shiites and Rebel Meet on Iraq
Standoff 04/12/2004 11:21 PM
A delegation of Shiite clerics began negotiations to resolve the standoff between the U.S. military and Moktada al-Sadr.

Rebel in Najaf Sends Messages of
Conciliation

Rebel in Najaf Sends Messages of
Conciliation 08/18/2004 10:48 PM
Moktada al-Sadr suggested he would vacate the shrine in Najaf, disband the Mahdi Army and transform it into a political party.

U.S. Suspends Fighting in Najaf After
Deal With Rebel Cleric

U.S. Suspends Fighting in Najaf After
Deal With Rebel Cleric 05/27/2004 12:36 PM
The developments represent a breakthrough in the unrelenting and bloody standoff as the American-led governing authority prepares to hand over sovereignty.

Rebel Cleric in Najaf Sends Messages of
Conciliation

Rebel Cleric in Najaf Sends Messages of
Conciliation 08/19/2004 12:23 AM
Moktada al-Sadr suggested he would vacate a shrine in Najaf, disband the Mahdi Army and transform it into a political party.

U.S. Forces Storm Home of Iraq Rebel
Cleric in Najaf

U.S. Forces Storm Home of Iraq Rebel
Cleric in Najaf 08/12/2004 12:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 12 2004 5:02PM GMT

25 Reported Killed in U.S. Strike on
Rebel Base in Falluja

25 Reported Killed in U.S. Strike on
Rebel Base in Falluja 09/13/2004 10:53 AM
News agency reports from Falluja that the air strikes killed at least 16 civilians, including women and children, were denied by a coalition press officer.

U.S. Forces Storm Home of Iraq Rebel
Cleric in Najaf (Reuters)

U.S. Forces Storm Home of Iraq Rebel
Cleric in Najaf (Reuters) 08/12/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - U.S. forces stormed the home of rebel Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf Thursday, witnesses said.

ABCNEWS.com : US Forces Storm Home of
Iraq Rebel Cleric in Najaf

ABCNEWS.com : US Forces Storm Home of
Iraq Rebel Cleric in Najaf 08/15/2004 03:59 AM

Iraqi Commandos Seize Rebel Base, 45
Insurgents Killed (Reuters)

Iraqi Commandos Seize Rebel Base, 45
Insurgents Killed (Reuters) 03/23/2005 07:12 AM
Reuters - Iraqi commandos backed by U.S. troops and helicopters killed dozens of foreign militants in an hours-long battle to seize an insurgent training camp north of Baghdad, officials said on Wednesday.

Attackers shell American base in Najaf

Attackers shell American base in Najaf 05/28/2004 06:32 PM

Attackers Shell American Base in Najaf
(AP)

Attackers Shell American Base in Najaf
(AP) 05/28/2004 07:50 PM
AP - Attackers wounded two U.S. soldiers Friday and mortar shells rained down on the main American base in Najaf — separate incidents that threatened the deal aimed at ending the bloody, seven-week standoff around this Shiite holy city.

11 Chinese Workers Killed in Rebel
Attack in Afghanistan

11 Chinese Workers Killed in Rebel
Attack in Afghanistan 06/10/2004 08:32 PM
Gunmen raided a desert camp housing Chinese road workers, the latest in a string of attacks on relief and construction workers.

Militiamen attack U.S. troops in Najaf

Militiamen attack U.S. troops in Najaf 05/03/2004 01:58 PM

Group Says to Attack Iraq Oil Pipeline
Over Najaf

Group Says to Attack Iraq Oil Pipeline
Over Najaf 08/18/2004 03:07 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 18 2004 7:56AM GMT

Police base damaged in attack

Police base damaged in attack 04/11/2004 05:41 AM
Detectives say petrol bombs thrown at a police base in a built-up area in Londonderry put lives at risk.

Three GIs killed in attack on base in
Iraq

Three GIs killed in attack on base in
Iraq 06/16/2004 02:46 PM

11 Wounded in Attack on U.S. Base in
Iraq (AP)

11 Wounded in Attack on U.S. Base in
Iraq (AP) 06/30/2004 04:57 AM
AP - Insurgents fired at least 10 mortar rounds at a U.S. base on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, wounding 11 soldiers, two of them seriously, and starting a fire that burned for well over an hour.

Attack on base kills four Iraqis

Attack on base kills four Iraqis 02/18/2004 03:48 AM
A suicide car bomb blast kills four Iraqis and wounds eight soldiers at a Polish base south of Baghdad, officials say.

Two GIs Killed in Attack on Base in Iraq
(AP)

Two GIs Killed in Attack on Base in Iraq
(AP) 06/16/2004 11:47 AM
AP - A rocket slammed into a U.S. logistics base Wednesday near the city of Balad, killing two U.S. soldiers and wounding 26 people, the military said.

Group Says to Attack Iraq Oil Pipeline
Over Najaf (Reuters)

Group Says to Attack Iraq Oil Pipeline
Over Najaf (Reuters) 08/18/2004 03:34 AM
Reuters - A group claiming links to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said it was responsible for setting an oil well in south Iraq on fire and vowed to attack the main southern oil pipeline if U.S. forces did not leave Najaf.

U.S. Soldier Killed in Attack Near
Iraq's Najaf (Reuters)

U.S. Soldier Killed in Attack Near
Iraq's Najaf (Reuters) 08/05/2004 10:29 AM
Reuters - Guerrillas attacked a U.S. convoy with a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire near the Iraqi holy city of Najaf on Thursday, killing one American soldier and wounding five, the U.S. military said.

U.S. Aircraft Make New Attack on Rebels
in Najaf (Reuters)

U.S. Aircraft Make New Attack on Rebels
in Najaf (Reuters) 08/21/2004 10:29 PM
Reuters - U.S. aircraft launched a fresh assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf early Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque at the center of a two-week siege ran into trouble.

U.S. Troops Pull Back in Najaf, but
Still Plan for Attack

U.S. Troops Pull Back in Najaf, but
Still Plan for Attack 08/20/2004 08:35 AM
In fighting overnight in Najaf, 77 Iraqis were killed and 70 were wounded, officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Health said today.

Iraq's Sadr Said Wounded in U.S. Attack
on Najaf (Reuters)

Iraq's Sadr Said Wounded in U.S. Attack
on Najaf (Reuters) 08/12/2004 11:53 PM
Reuters - Radical Iraq cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was wounded in a U.S. bombardment of the holy city of Najaf on Friday, but his exact condition remains unknown, spokesmen for Sadr said.

25 Insurgents Are Killed During Attack
on U.S. Base in Mosul

25 Insurgents Are Killed During Attack
on U.S. Base in Mosul 12/30/2004 03:02 PM
The battle followed an ambush in Baghdad where insurgents tricked the Iraqi police into raiding a booby-trapped home.

U.S. Opens Probe Into Mosul Base Attack
(AP)

U.S. Opens Probe Into Mosul Base Attack
(AP) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
AP - The brigadier general who investigated abuse at Abu Ghraib prison is heading the U.S. military's probe into how a suicide bomber infiltrated a U.S. Army base near Mosul and detonated a deadly explosion, authorities said Friday.

Guards Thwart Attack on Base in Iraq
(AP)

Guards Thwart Attack on Base in Iraq
(AP) 02/18/2004 05:53 AM
AP - Troops opened fire Wednesday on two explosives-laden trucks that tried to enter a Polish camp south of Baghdad, triggering blasts that killed two Iraqis and wounded 17 soldiers, including six Poles, 10 Hungarians and an American.

U.S. Planes, Forces Attack Sadr's House
in Najaf (Reuters)

U.S. Planes, Forces Attack Sadr's House
in Najaf (Reuters) 08/12/2004 09:21 AM
Reuters - U.S. warplanes bombed targets near the house of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf Thursday as U.S. Marines battled militiamen in the area, witnesses said.

Islamic Site Shows Attack on Mosul Base
(AP)

Islamic Site Shows Attack on Mosul Base
(AP) 12/26/2004 08:15 PM
AP - A video posted by an Iraqi insurgent group Sunday purported to show last week's suicide attack at a U.S. base in Mosul, with a fireball rising from a white tent. The group claimed that the bomber slipped into the base through a hole in the fence during a guard change.

Iraq Base Was Hit By Suicide Attack,
U.S. General Says (washingtonpost.com)

Iraq Base Was Hit By Suicide Attack,
U.S. General Says (washingtonpost.com) 12/24/2004 12:19 PM
washingtonpost.com - BAGHDAD, Dec. 22 -- Investigators believe a suicide bomber penetrated security at a U.S. military base in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and detonated an explosive Tuesday that killed 22 people, including 14 U.S. service members, Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday. The attack, which also wounded 69, was the deadliest on an American installation since the beginning of the war in March 2003.

Precision of Base Attack Worries
Military Experts (washingtonpost.com)

Precision of Base Attack Worries
Military Experts (washingtonpost.com) 12/22/2004 01:21 AM
washingtonpost.com - In April 2003, as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was ending, the Pentagon projected in a formal planning effort that the U.S. military occupation of the country would end this month.

Iraqi Cleric Offers to End Standoff (AP)

Iraqi Cleric Offers to End Standoff (AP) 05/11/2004 11:48 PM
AP - Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will end his violent standoff with American troops if the coalition postpones its legal case against him and establishes an Iraqi force to patrol his stronghold of Najaf, the city's Iraqi leaders said Tuesday.

Iraq Official Blames U.S. for Standoff
(AP)

Iraq Official Blames U.S. for Standoff
(AP) 04/26/2004 04:03 PM
AP - Iraq's current Governing Council president said Monday the United States has only itself to blame for the military deadlock at Najaf and Fallujah because it allowed its troops to change from "an army of liberation" to "an army of occupation."

Decision Expected in EU-Microsoft
Standoff (AP)

Decision Expected in EU-Microsoft
Standoff (AP) 12/22/2004 01:01 AM
AP - A European Union court was to rule Wednesday whether Microsoft Corp. will have to abide immediately by a EU ruling which would force the software giant to change its commercial practices or whether it can wait for an appeal, which could take years.

Judge 'Resigns' to End Hostage Standoff
(AP)

Judge 'Resigns' to End Hostage Standoff
(AP) 08/04/2004 03:06 PM
AP - A judge pretended to resign on live television Wednesday to end a standoff in which a man armed with a gun and bomb held an attorney hostage, authorities said.

Decision Expected in EU-Microsoft
Standoff

Decision Expected in EU-Microsoft
Standoff 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
AP via Los Angeles Times Dec 22 2004 6:41AM GMT

Another decision day in long
EU-Microsoft standoff

Another decision day in long
EU-Microsoft standoff 12/22/2004 01:57 AM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Dec 22 2004 6:12AM GMT

Mall Standoff Enters Third Day
(washingtonpost.com)

Mall Standoff Enters Third Day
(washingtonpost.com) 03/20/2003 08:33 AM
some farmer with a tractor and and stubborn streak can paralyze half of downtown Washington D.C. for three days .. WashingtonPost.com: Mall Standoff Enters Third Day .. Dwight the Fucking Lunatic .. God loves tobacco farmers

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Standoff Over Israeli Bodies Reaches 2nd
Day

Standoff Over Israeli Bodies Reaches 2nd
Day 05/12/2004 02:22 PM
Israeli forces killed five Palestinians as it demanded the return of body parts before withdrawing from Zeitoun.
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