Sadr militia clashes with government forces in Najaf

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(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed) – Armed elements of Muqtada al-Sadr's militia assaulted Najaf police headquarters, while police and national guardsmen returned fire. The fight lasted 30 minutes without any casualties reported. Movement has stopped in the sites of the city where the clashes took place. Elements of the police and the national guard patrolled the main streets while the militia deployed near the area of the city's main shrine. Shia group representative Ibraheem Bahrul Uloom denied reports spread in the city about Shia groups ending their efforts at mediation after failure in applying the truce.

(Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.)

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