Seven killed in al-Najaf, one mosque destroyed in Karbala
Iraq, Politics, 5/26/2004

Seven Iraqis were killed and other 45 injured in fighting that took place in the last hours between al-Mahdi army of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader and the American occupation forces. Medical sources in the city said that ten of the wounded were injured inside the shrine of Imam Ali after was hit by a mortar shelling.

News reports in the city said that atmospheres of unrest are overwhelming following the incident and that al-Sader supporters indicated that the shelling which fell on the tomb was an American.

The news reports added that several Iraqis demonstrated immediately before " al-Sahn al-Haidari " in protest of what they called the violation of holy sites "dignity."

Meantime, the American President George W. Bush announced he shares the same objectives with the French President Jack Chirac concerning the future of Iraq. This was a short time after Bush's speech on the vision of his administration of the situation in Iraq for the transitional phase.

In press statements in the White House, Bush said he had notified his French peer that transferring authority to the new Iraqi leadership on June 30 will be realistic and his country will do its best to support this government and to organize free elections in Iraq.

For his part, Chirac stressed that the new draft resolution over Iraq constitutes a good base, but it is necessary to continue discussions over the responsibilities of the new government in the field of oil and security.

Previous Stories:
  Bush lays out plan for Iraqi sovereignty   (5/25/2004)
  Four Americans and British were killed, clashes in Sader city and Najaf   (5/25/2004)
  Turkey al-Faisal: the war in Iraq is a colonial one, and is about oil   (5/25/2004)
  One American was killed, al-Sader calls for continued resistance   (5/22/2004)
  Occupation forces kill 41 of al-Sader supporters in battles in al-Najaf   (5/7/2004)
  Ending al-Falluja besiege, Occupation forces kill 11 Iraqis in al-Najaf   (5/6/2004)

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