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263 militants killed in Najaf battles
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Iraqi soldiers stand guard near the bodies of militants after a battle in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Jan. 30, 2007. Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. helicopters killed 263 militants and detained 392 others in the battles outside the holy Shiite city of Najaf, some 160 km south of Baghdad, a defense ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Young pilgrims self-flagellate as they take part in the religious festival of Ashura in Kadhimiya district in Baghdad January 29, 2007. Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are expected to gather in Kerbala this week to celebrate a religious festival called Ashura, the day when Imam al-Hussein, the "leader of the martyrs" and grandson of Prophet Mohammad, was killed in Kerbala in 680 AD.

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