Najaf: 400 militia arrested
20/08/2004 16:42  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - Iraqi police arrested some 400 Shiite Muslim militiamen at the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, a spokesperson for the interim government said on Friday, as fresh clashes broke out in the city.

"Iraqi police entered the shrine in Najaf city and all armed militia were evicted," the spokesperson, who asked not to be named, said in Baghdad.

"About 400 people were arrested, but the Iraqi police could not get hold of Moqtada Sadr."

But an AFP reporter said fresh fighting had broken out between US troops and Shiite militia in the southern part of Najaf, casting doubt on official claims police are in control of the shrine.

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