Mahdi Army Takes Police Station In

Juan Cole 06/11/2004

Mahdi Army Takes Police Station in Najaf

Fighting continued in Najaf on Thursday, though US troops stayed out of it and let the Najaf police chief handle the situation. The Mahdi Army appears to have done severe damage to the police station. There was attendant fighting in Sadr City between the US and radical Shiites loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr.

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