Here is an ominous item from the Focus News Agency:
Thousands of Shiites Headed For Najaf
12 August 2004 | 19:29 | FOCUS News Agency
Karbala. Thousands of Shiites have headed from Karbala to Najaf to make a "live shield" and protect Muslim sanctuaries, announced ITAR- TASS.
Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr's supporters from Kut have also headed for Najaf.
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