Americans troops take positions during clashes with al-Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq (news - web sites), Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Smoke rises over the Holy Iraqi city of Najaf as battles rage between Shi'ite militiaman and their U.S. Marine and Iraqi security forces foes in the Holy city of Najaf, August 6, 2004. U.S. marines said they had killed 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes that pose a stern test for an interim government struggling to stamp its authority over the country. (Akram Saleh/Reuters)
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