Curfew lifted in Baghdad

March 31, 2008

Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday told his Mehdi Army militias to stop fighting government troops. The fighting has claimed more than 240 lives across the country since Tuesday. Iraqi authorities responded by lifting a three-day curfew in the capital. Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday told his Mehdi Army militias to stop fighting government troops. The fighting has claimed more than 240 lives across the country since Tuesday. Iraqi authorities responded by lifting a three-day curfew in the capital.