In Iraq, U.S. forces went deep into the Shiite Holy City of Najaf where troops captured the former governor’s office that had been seized by Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. It was the deepest U.S. incursion into Najaf since the standoff with Sadr began over a month ago. The U.S. are now stationed about a mile away from one of Iraq’s holiest shrines, the shrine of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Dozens of Iraqi supporters of Sadr were reportedly killed in battles with the U.S. in Najaf, Karbala, and Kufa. The U.S. also destroyed the political offices of Sadr in Karbala. Two journalist s from Poland and Algeria died today in Iraq in a shooting and bomb ambush south of Baghdad.