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• Aug. 23: Mahdi fighters clash with U.S. and Iraqi forces in fierce battles in the besieged city of Najaf.
• Aug. 23: U.S. soldiers are reflected in a mirror while fighting from an abandoned hotel in Najaf.
• Aug. 23: A boy cries after having lost his mother when they were caught in a cross fire between millitants and U.S. forces.
• Aug. 22: U.S. soldiers search a building in Najaf.
• Aug. 22, 2004: Iraqi civilians cross Najaf area where fighters loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr clash with U.S. and Iraqi forces.
• Aug. 19: A building explodes as the first bomb drops during a U.S. aerial assault on targets in Najaf.
• Aug. 19: Mahdi fighters loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr take positions near the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf.
• Aug. 12: Smoke billows over the skyline in Najaf.
• Aug. 12: U.S. soldiers aim their guns as Iraqi civilians flee their homes in Najaf.
• Aug. 12: An American soldier frisks an Iraqi man at a security checkpoint in Najaf.
• The cemetery of Najaf is seen in this May 10, 2003 file photo.
• Aug. 11: Insurgents fire a weapon in Najaf.
• Aug. 10: Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr fight during clashes with U.S. and Iraqi forces in Najaf.
• Aug. 9: Muqtada al-Sadr gestures during a news conference in Najaf.