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KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - A US armoured column entered the center of Karbala, residents of the Iraqi holy city told AFP, hours after the troops and militiamen loyal to a firebrand cleric deserted the area following weeks of heavy fighting.
"About 40 tanks and military vehicles advanced on the city centre by three roads," into the area around the shrine of Imam Hussein, one of the world's holiest spots for Shiite Muslims, said resident Ghazwan Turki Juburi.
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