DAILY WAR NEWS FOR SATURDAY, September 30, 2006

Today in Iraq

Baghdad authorities banned all pedestrian and road traffic from the city. Civilian flights to and from Baghdad airport were halted during the curfew, which was due to last until 6:00 am (0200GMT) on Sunday, officials said Saturday. Occasional cars with security clearance could be seen moving cautiously through deserted streets, while a column of US army Stryker armoured vehicles rolled over a bridge across the Tigris into the downtown Risafa district. Although no explanation was given for the curfew, residents of the Adamiya neighbourhood in the north of the capital said they heard gunfire and explosions near dusk on Friday. Police reported heavy fighting through the night in the southern flashpoint neighbourhood of Dura where Turki Abdel Jabbar al-Taif, one of the leaders of the powerful Sunni Marsumi tribe, was shot dead on Saturday. Baghdad police found six corpses today in the eastern section of the capital...

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