Iraq declares state of emergency [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

Iraq's government has declared a 60-day state of emergency in response to the escalation of violence by militants.

Official spokesman Thaer Naqib said the emergency would cover the whole of Iraq except Kurdish-run areas in the north.

He said the move came in response to mass killings and destruction of the country's infrastructure carried out by "criminals and terrorists".

He said the violence was part of a plot to derail the Iraqi government's progress towards January's elections.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3990141.stm

Yeah, I know this has been linked to in another thread, but I think the state of emergency (which will continue to within a few weeks of the election) deserves its own thread.