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NAJAF, Iraq – A U.S. soldier was killed during fighting in Najaf (search), the military said Friday.
The soldier, from a special forces unit, was killed during a raid on Thursday on a school in the holy city of Najaf, where militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (search) have been fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces for over a week.
Troops raided the school, a nearby maternity hospital, and al-Sadr's house in efforts to rout out the militia, dropping a 500-pound bomb on one of the buildings, the military said.
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