Curfew imposed in Baghdad ahead of anniversary

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Curfew imposed in Baghdad ahead of anniversary
08 Apr 2007 14:41:11 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, April 8 (Reuters) - A 24-hour vehicle ban will be in force
in Baghdad on Monday as the capital marks the fourth anniversary
of the fall of the city to U.S. forces, an Iraqi military official said
on Sunday.

"There will be protests marking the fourth anniversary. We don't
want to give the terrorists a chance to use this opportunity,"
said Brigadier Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for a U.S.-Iraqi
security crackdown in the city.

Moussawi said the vehicle ban would start at 5 a.m. (0100 GMT)
on Monday and end at 5 a.m. the following day.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL851501.htm

[snappyturtle]

1. We aren't going to be allowed to see the Happy Iraqis

celebrate their anniversary of freedom? :sarcasm:

[mac56]

2. Damn. I so looked forward to the carpet of strewn flower petals

and the interpretive dances.

[snappyturtle]

3. Me too! n/t

[Robbien]

4. Misleading headline. There is always a curfew in Baghdad these days

Sundown to sunrise is the standard curfew IIRC.

They are just extending it from a 10 hour curfew to a 24 hour curfew.

[Eugene]

6. 24 hours the unusual part about it as the article notes.

Iraq has not done a round-the-clock curfew in Baghdad
since the November crackdown.

[youngdem]

5. Just like America's Independence Day...A nationwide curfew

Freedom is no doubt on the march!

:grr: