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Iraq's National Conference to be held Sunday: say Iraqi sources

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Riyadh, Aug 13, IRNA -- Iraq`s National Conference is scheduled to be 
held on Sunday, sources quoted Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad 
Allawi as saying on Friday. 
The delayed conference is to be held to select the members of a 
100-member national council, added the sources, predicted however that
the conference will be likely postponed due to the latest developments
in the country, bloody clashes in Najaf in particular. 
US forces, backed by tanks and aircraft, spearheaded a massive 
assault on the holy city of Najaf, Friday morning to crash the 
resistance of supporters of Iraqi Shi`ite cleric Moqtada Sadr. 
Moqtada Sadr was reportedly wounded in US bombardment of the holy 
city of Najaf earlier in the day but there has been no official 
confirmation yet. 
Some 1,200 people were arrested in the city of Najaf in joint 
military operations of US and Iraqi forces, a Riyadh-based daily 
quoted Iraq`s Defence Minister Hazim al-Shalaan. 
A considerable amount of weapons was also seized in the operations
near Imam Ali mausoleum , the daily cited al-Shalaan. 
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