Iraq Puts Baghdad Under Weekend Curfew

[RedEarth]

Source: AP

BAGHDAD (AP) - The Baghdad military command has clamped a weekend curfew on the capital in a bid to stem fierce fighting between Shiite militiamen and security forces.

An official with the command says no unauthorized vehicles, motorcycles or pedestrian traffic will be allowed on the streets from 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Sunday.

The move comes as anger mounts among followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr over a government crackdown against his Mahdi Army militia in the southern oil port of Basra.

The security operations have sparked protests and deadly clashes in Baghdad and across the Shiite southern heartland.



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[maddezmom]

1. not sure this tactic is going to work this time

[Bragi]

2. Good luck with that...

Looks like al-Sadr is making his move.

Buh-bye ceasefire... Hello civil war.

[Journeyman]

3. "Let Freedom Reign!" . . .

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/28/let-freedom-reign/



(Wonder what Condi thinks of all this? Does Condi think?)

[Supersedeas]

4. a little marshall law to put civil disobedience in perspective