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  • Curfew quiets Iraq's turmoil - Iraqi religious leaders call for peace

    02/24/2006 7:23:12 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 359+ views
    ap on San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 2/24/06 | Alexandra Zavis - ap
    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Appeals from religious leaders and an unusual daytime curfew Friday curbed violence that claimed more than 140 lives across Iraq after the bombing of a Shiite shrine. President Bush joined in calling for calm, saying "This is a moment of choosing for the Iraqi people." Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari reached out to Sunnis and Shiites, promising to rebuild the Shiites' Askariya shrine in Samarra and Sunni mosques damaged in two days of reprisal attacks. The daytime curfew kept most vehicles and pedestrians off the streets of Baghdad, preventing many people from reaching mosques for the main...