iraq_muslim_cemetery_becomes_battlefield An "amazing" newslink * a_point_in_time * One of the largest cemeteries in the Muslim world has become an eerie battleground for U.S. troops who have fought Shiite guerrillas for nearly a week in Najaf. For dozens of Iraqis and a handful of Americans, it's also become a graveyard. Hundreds of thousands — perhaps millions — are buried in the graveyard, which covers nearly 5 square miles sprawling out from the outskirts of the Imam Ali shrine, one of the holiest in Shia Islam. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=3&u=/ap/20040811/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_cemetery_battlefield_4 040811 ... 11 August 2004 United_States_prepares_major_offensive_in_Najaf 040811 ... a "point" The_echoes_of_Vietnam 040811 ... somebody ... 040811 what's it to you? who go blather from