Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Iraqi PM ends some joint checkpoints (AP)

Iraqi fireman hose a car bomb wreck in Baghdad Tuesday Oct. 31 2006. Three people were killed and five were hurt in the blast. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the lifting of joint U.S.-Iraqi military checkpoints around the Shiite militant stronghold of Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad — another apparent move to assert his authority with the Americans and appeal to his Shiite support base.


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