Fighting, artillery barrage rocks Iraqi shrine in Najaf
U.S. marines and Shi'ite militiamen fought fierce battles around a shrine in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Monday in some of the heaviest fighting since the 20-day-old rebellion erupted. A militiaman loyal to radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher takes position in Najaf during clashes with US-led forces. [AFP photo)
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