Vehicle curfew in Talafar on Ashuraa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A curfew has been imposed on vehicles in Talafar district as part of security measures for the occasion of the Ashuraa pilgrimage, according to a military source. “In coordination with police forces, the army operations command has decided to ban the movement of vehicles in Talafar until all rituals are over,” a source from the command in the district told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The security situation is quite stable in the district and the curfew was declared as a precautionary measure,” the source added. Shiites commemorate the killing of Imam Hussein Ibn Ali, his brother and friends in Karbala in the battle of Taf on Muharram 10, 61 (October 10, 680 AD on the Gregorian calendar). Karbala (110 km south of Baghdad) with an estimated population of 572,300 people in 2003, is the capital of the province and is considered to be one of Shiite Muslims’ holiest cities. SS (P)/SR 1