|
Najaf,
Iraq
(
CNN
)
-
-
the
tanks
and
the
American
forces
were
centered
amid
Najaf
and
came
-
Sunday
-
in
a
battle
with
the
fighters
of
the
Al
Mahdi
Army
with
igniter
escalation
in
the
Holy
City,
in
the
time
that
continued
about
1300
Iraqi
in
the
follow-up
of
the
works
of
their
held
national
conference
in
Baghdad
for
the
creation
of
an
interim
national
council
.
And
he
witnessed
the
two
the
kidnapping
of
a
French
journalist
holds
the
American
nationality
with
his
translator
in
the
Nasserism,
in
south
of
Baghdad,
according
to
what
the
space
Aljazeera
mentioned
.
And
the
channel
clarified
that
it
knew
that
the
journalist
is
specialized
in
the
coverage
of
the
news
related
to
the
monuments,
without
mentioning
more
details
.
And
the
getting
an
instant
comment
did
not
become
possible
from
the
French
embassy
in
Baghdad
.
And
an
official
from
the
American
embassy
said
that
he
does
not
know
of
this
report
.
At
the
same
time
the
rumble
of
several
explosions
was
heard
amid
Baghdad
in
the
early
morning
of
monday,
but
the
explosions
did
not
fall
apparently
near
the
Iraqi
National
Council
holding
place,
according
to
what
Reuters
Agency
mentioned
.
And
in
Baghdad
an
American
soldier
was
killed
Sunday
dawn
in
the
explosion
of
an
explosive
device
north
of
the
capital
as
he
reported
a
military
statement
.
And
the
military
statement
said
that
an
American
soldier
was
killed
at
1
:
30
from
Sunday
dawn
by
the
local
time,
when
an
explosive
device
exploded
in
north
of
Baghdad
.
And
the
clarification
did
not
offer
more
details
about
the
way
of
the
accident
occurence,
pointing
that
an
investigation
takes
place
around
it
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