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Najaf Insurgent (AP)
Najaf Fighting Slows, Truce Considered
Story aired: Friday, August 13, 2004



Fighting in the Iraqi city of Najaf has died down, and the Iraqi government is reportedly negotiating with representatives of rebel leader and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to put an end to nine days of heavy fighting around the Imam Ali shrine and cemetery.

Guests:


Jackie Spinner, Baghdad correspondent for the Washington Post.

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