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Iraq
Iraq Eases Tight Security After Election
2005-12-18
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Cars and trucks returned to Iraq's roads Saturday as authorities eased tight security imposed for the parliamentary election, and the main Sunni Arab alliance said it was open to forming a governing coalition with a religious Shiite bloc.

With Thursday's voting held peacefully, Iraqi officials also reopened border crossings, except on the frontier with Syria. They said the Syrian crossings would resume in a few days, but did not say why there was a delay.

There were few violent incidents reported for a third day. In four shootings, attackers killed a former Iraqi air force officer, a member of a prominent Shiite party and two policemen, authorities said. The U.S. command also reported the death of a Marine from a non-hostile wound.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Although I want to see peace in Iraq, I don't think that outlawing all vehicular traffic beyond a couple of days for elections is practicable.
Posted by: Super Hose   2005-12-18 18:58  

#1  Why?

Until the "insurgency" is DEAD, why in the world would this even be considered, much less done without the least challenge to the "logic"?

Don't like it, Iraqis? Then stop them and help us to help you do it.
Posted by: .com   2005-12-18 16:38  

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