U.S. Denies Claim It Damaged Najaf Shrine

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040824/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716


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NAJAF, Iraq - Plumes of black smoke rose above the embattled city of Najaf Tuesday after American warplanes bombed insurgent positions overnight and supporters of a radical cleric charged that shrapnel from a U.S. attack had hit parts of the Imam Ali Shrine. The military denied the claim.


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Later Monday, U.S. warplanes bombed the area of the Old City, and fires lit up the night sky, witnesses said. Ahmed al-Shaibany, an aide to al-Sadr, said shrapnel from the attack hit the shrine's golden dome, one of its minarets and the compound's outer wall.


The U.S. military denied damaging the shrine and said an air crew saw militants in the compound fire a rocket that clipped one of the walls and explode 10 yards outside.


"We are not doing anything that could have caused damage to the shrine," Marine Capt. Carrie Batson said.


There was no independent confirmation of damage to the shrine, but violence earlier Monday ripped a chunk out of the outer wall of the compound. Explosions throughout the day shook the Old City, which is a mix of streets and narrow, maze-like alleys at the heart of much of the fighting. streets and some were seen leaving Najaf. Militant medical officials said at least two insurgents were killed and four wounded.

[hadrons]

1. U.S. Denies Claim It Damaged Najaf Shrine

translation: we did it

[cal04]

2. Now they say we may have, does anyone tell the truth

A rocket fired by Shi'ite militants clipped the wall of the Imam Ali shrine in the city of Najaf on Tuesday and may have damaged the building, the U.S. military said in a statement.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20040824/ts_nm/iraq_najaf_rocket_dc

[cthrumatrix]

3. up is down...black is white..... with this admin.

[Disturbed]

4. The US Neo Fascists..

are willing to risk a mass uprising and even Shi'ites from other countries flowing into Iraq to fight the Occupation because the Neo Fascist need to have the resistance crushed before the US Election. The US Puppet Regime is on the line as well because Iraqis may overpower it and kill as many US puppets as possible. That is why the puppets are willing to risk all out Shi'ite rebellion.