Iraq curfew means 'low' (72 bodies found) death toll (3 US troops killed)

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/iraq-curfew-means-low-death-toll/2006/11/06/1162661617827.html
Iraq curfew means 'low' death toll

Christopher Bodeen, Baghdad
November 7, 2006

A CURFEW has contributed to a relative peace in Iraq's most dangerous regions following the guilty verdict and death sentence on former dictator Saddam Hussein.

But despite one of the tightest security crackdowns this year, the US military said three more Americans had died and police said 72 people were found dead across Iraq by daybreak.

Iraq's Government has imposed the open-ended curfew on Baghdad and the edgy provinces of Diyala and Salahuddin, closed its international airport, added checkpoints and stepped up police patrols with the US military. All leave for Iraqi soldiers was cancelled.

No widespread bloodshed was reported in Baghdad, despite raucous celebrations by Shiites, who defied the curfew, and angry counter-protests in Sunni regions.