U.S. Troops Prepare For Possible Najaf Operation

NAJAF, IRAQ - APRIL 14: A column of U.S. Army Stryker light amored vehicles on reconnaissance operations push out from forward operating base Duke Duke April 14, 2004 about 12 miles outside the holy Iraqi city of Najaf, Iraq. Soldiers are being staged at the base, awaiting authorization for a possible mission into Najaf to destroy the al-Mehdi Army and capture or kill its leader, the controversial Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. (Photo by Scott Nelson/Getty Images)