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Sat 03 Mar 2003US troops in battle with 1,500 Iraqis near Najaf
US troops used tanks, artillery and helicopters in a battle with an Iraqi force of about 1,500 men overnight near the town of Najaf in central Iraq, military sources confirmed yesterday.
The sources had no information on possible casualties in the fighting between the Iraqis and US brigades, which are trying to advance north along the west bank of the Euphrates river towards Baghdad.
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