 Smoke rises near the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Monday 23 August, as US and Iraqi forces move to expel Moqtada Al-Sadr's Al-Mahdi militia from the city's most revered Shia site. The inset shows a hole blasted by US helicopter fire in the outer western wall of the shrine (photos: AP,AFP) parent page (26 August - 1 September 2004, issue #705) |