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Iraq
Iraq ponders ban on traffic
Associated Press
Published January 16, 2005
BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials said Saturday they are considering new measures to protect voters in the Jan. 30 national election, including a three-day, nationwide ban on driving to discourage car-bombings.
Also, a U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing in Mosul after drawing ground fire, the U.S. command said. And a U.S. Marine was killed Saturday in a tense area just south of Baghdad.
Fresh clashes broke out in the troubled northern city of Mosul. After a blast, insurgents fired on American troops, who then raided a nearby agricultural research station looking for the assailants.
Also, Brig. Gen. Carter Ham said virtually every election worker in Ninevah province, which includes Mosul, quit recently because of security fears.
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