Eleven artillery rockets discovered in Najar

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: At least 11 artillery rockets have been discovered  in southwest Iraq’s Shiite holy city of Najaf on Saturday, an official source reported. “Najaf‘s Archaeology Department has discovered 11 mortar missiles while excavating the area, close to the Muslim Shiite Tomb of Muslim Bin-Aqil in the Holy City of Najaf,” the source Told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said the rockets were left from previous wars and had represented a danger for workers in the area before their discovery. The archaeological activity is taking lace in prelude to the occasion of selecting Najaf as “Capital of Islamic Culture in 2012.” SKH (PT)/ SR 119