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 29 August 2008 05:50 BST

Vehicle curfew marks fifth anniversary of Baghdad's fall

Wednesday, 09 Apr 2008 11:58
Officials in Baghdad have imposed a one-day vehicle curfew

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Officials in Baghdad have imposed a one-day vehicle curfew to mark the fifth anniversary of the city's capture by US forces.

The streets of Iraq's capital were reported to be empty of cars and trucks after the curfew was declared from 05:00 local time to midnight local time (03:00 to 22:00 BST) to prevent car bomb attacks.

However there have been reports of at least three mortar attacks this morning, with one rocket being fired into Baghdad's Green Zone.

It is five years since US troops pulled down the imposing statute of Iraq's formal leader Saddam Hussein in the city centre.

Earlier, the powerful Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called off a mass anti-American rally planned in the city, due to safety concerns.

He had previously called for a million-strong demonstration to mark the anniversary of the US occupation of Iraq's capital.

In recent weeks Mr al-Sadr's Mahdi Army have clashed with Iraqi forces after the government attempted a crackdown against the militia fighters.

Uncertainty regarding Iraq's future has been highlighted by a new poll by inthenews.co.uk, which has shown that British people remain unsure on the country's future, with 53 per cent of respondents calling for troops to be withdrawn sometime this year.

Seventy-six per cent of respondents claim that they disagreed with the decision by the US and UK to go to war in 2003, and 57 per cent believed the security and humanitarian situation in Iraq would deteriorate in the coming year.End of story


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