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 BAGHDAD (AP) - The Baghdad military command has clamped a weekend curfew on the capital in a bid to stem fierce fighting between Shiite militiamen and security forces.
An official with the command says no unauthorized vehicles, motorcycles or pedestrian traffic will be allowed on the streets from 11 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Sunday.
The move comes as anger mounts among followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr over a government crackdown against his Mahdi Army militia in the southern oil port of Basra.
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