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Th Jun 1 -

BASRA AND BAGHDAD:
Take 2 Update -

The state of emergency imposed in Basra for one month is... the only state of emergency in effect across Iraq, officials said. Other cities where violence is rampant, such as Baghdad and Ramadi, have only curfews.

+ This is a clarification of the inaccurate information previously posted here.

*Mr. Al-Maliki, who traveled with his Sunni Arab vice president, Tariq al-Hashimi, addressed about 700 tribal sheiks, religious leaders, officials, army officers and other residents in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.*

+ That's an impressively-sized gathering!

:: From Qassim Abdul-Zahra ::
-- AP via WashTimes --

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