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[Judi Lynn]

Iraq Announces New Security Measures

Saturday October 8, 2005 4:46 PM

By ZEKI MAHMOUD
Associated Press Writer

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government on Saturday announced plans to clamp down with security measures including a curfew, weapons ban and a closure of the borders ahead of next week's constitutional referendum as Sunni Arabs geared up their campaign against the charter.

The military also said two U.S. Army soldiers died of wounds sustained Friday during the River Gate offensive in western Iraq, bringing to eight the number of American service members killed in recent operations aimed at clearing the volatile area of militants.

With their deaths, at least 1,952 U.S. service members have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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``There is a policy to provoke and push communities against each other,'' Moussa said. ``It is our policy in the Arab League that the time has come for us to talk seriously about bringing them together.''
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5330550,00.html