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2h 50min, mar 2, 1991 y - Najaf uprising

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In Najaf, a demonstration near the city's great Imam Ali Mosque became a gun battle between army deserters and Saddam's security forces. The rebels seized the shrine as Ba'ath Party officials fled the city or were killed; prisoners were freed from jails.

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2h 50min, mar 2, 1991 y
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~ 34 years ago