Iraq extends state of emergency
03/03/2005 - 11:10:29Iraq has extended its state of emergency for another 30 days, the government said today.
The state of emergency, first announced nearly four months ago, will remain in place throughout the country, except in northern Kurdish-run areas, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s office said in a statement.
The emergency decree includes a night-time curfew and gives the government extra powers to make arrests without warrants and launch police and military operations when it deems necessary.
The state of emergency was to run out at the end of March. It was first declared on November 7, just hours before US and Iraqi troops launched a major offensive to drive insurgents out of the city of Fallujah.
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