Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

August 26, 2004       Share:    

Source:

Iraqi Dissidents Flee Najaf Shrine

(Guardian-UK) Fighters loyal to the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had largely abandoned Najaf's Imam Ali shrine Tuesday before an American offensive. Sources said the majority of the militiamen slipped out of the complex five days ago. "We are cleverer than the Americans think. Anybody who stays behind is likely to be killed," one source said. Many fighters appeared to be regrouping in the neighboring town of Kufa, having been told that the battle for the shrine has effectively been lost.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: