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165 Iraqis killed in Najaf clashes, reports Health Ministry

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Baghdad, Aug 13, IRNA -- Recent clashes in the city of Najaf have so 
far left 165 Iraqis killed and 600 wounded, Iraq`s Ministry of Health 
reported in a statement on Friday. 
The Ministry added that all those killed and wounded were Najaf 
residents. 
Meanwhile, sources told IRNA that leaders of the al-Mehdi Army of 
the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr and the the US-led forces are continuing
talks to find a way to transferring the wounded to hospital. 
The bodies of the injured are currently trapped under the heavy 
fire of US forces and supporters of Moqtada Sadr and there is no way 
to transfer them to hospital. 
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