Iraqi delegation arrives for al-Sadr talks
An Iraqi delegation sent by a national conference in Baghdad flew to besieged Najaf by helicopter today to present radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr with a peace proposal aimed at ending a violent insurgency wracking the holy city.
Despite the delegation’s arrival, fighting intensified in Najaf, with at least one US warplane dropping bombs near the city’s sprawling cemetery – the site of recent clashes between American forces and Shiite militants.
