Iraqi Leadership Imposes Gun Ban, Curfew

6-14-2006 • Washington Post

[Just like the good old days under Saddam in the land of the free.] Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's month-old government rolled out its first major initiative against violence, announcing tighter crackdowns in the capital city in an attempt to c

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