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It is called the Valley of Peace, that vast cemetery adjacent to the Imam Ali Mosque in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. For more than a thousand years, the faithful have been buried here to be close to the Imam. This August, it is a Valley of Death for hundreds of innocent Iraqis as well as Iraqis fighting U.S. Marines, army, Special Forces, and Iraqi National Guard and police units.
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Into the Valley: The Occupation Faces a Major Challenge in Najaf: by Colonel Daniel Smith
