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.