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United States tanks rolled into the Old City of Najaf toward a holy Shi’ite shrine where militants were hiding on Monday as participants at a national conference voted to send a delegation to Najaf to try to negotiate an end to the fighting. The city, which had been quiet earlier, was hit by explosions in the late morning.
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