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# Cemetery Battle
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-last-600-meters/extras/cemetery-battle-8qdm2j/
- Published: 2025-10-24T07:05:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-24T08:00:33.000Z
- Description: August 2004, U.S. forces engage with a Shiite militia in the Southern Iraqi city of Najaf.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Last 600 Meters, #ZZZ_Show_b41b96c1-8528-4bbb-8c3e-4f94a28eee5c, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_ad1b3121-3fd9-4ee9-a9cd-295b8ec6a590, #extra

In August 2004, U.S. forces engage with the Shiite Mahdi militia in the Southern Iraqi city of Najaf. After fighting through their way through the city center, the troops find themselves in an ancient, above ground cemetery – a maze of mayhem, minarets and murder.