US Patrols Suspended in Najaf

World | June 1, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00
US Patrols Suspended in Najaf An Iraqi policeman jumps off the back of a lorry with one of its tires still on fire following an attack near Baghdad. US troops have agreed to suspend patrols in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in a bid to prop up a shaky truce. Photo by AFP

US troops have agreed to suspend patrols in the Shiite holy city of Najaf in a bid to prop up a shaky truce. The coalition put off until Tuesday a scheduled meeting to decide Iraq's first president in the post-Saddam Hussein era amid a fierce political struggle with Iraq's Governing Council. AFP cited a senior coalition official as saying the two main Sunni Muslim contenders, Adnan Pachachi and Ghazi al-Yawar, had been ruled out for the largely ceremonial post.

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