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...lockdown and journalists denied access to military embeds Friday morning, as the country braced against mounting chaos in the capital and in the south of the country. The Iraqi government has placed the city under a curfew, banning all civilian vehicle use, until Sunday morning. The south of Iraq, where heavy fighting between Iraqi forces and militias loyal to powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has raged since Tuesday, is also under curfew. Over one hundred people are reported to have been killed, and hundreds more injured, as Iraqi forces led by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
...forces in Basra, Colonel Abbas Ahmed, told TIME that Iraqi forces control about 75% of the city and that they have captured "many fighters from the Mahdi Army [Sadr's militia]." Coalition forces are currently providing air and logistical support to Iraqi forces in Basra, but whether or not Iraq would request more substantial ground support in the coming days "would depend on the situation," he confirmed...
...that armed fighters had blown up part of an oil pipeline in Basra province on Thursday. Reports from wire sources indicate the attack has seriously disrupted the flow of oil for the first time since 2004, and could lead to a cut in a third of oil exports from Iraq's southern port...
...northern Iraq, Coalition forces say they killed eight armed men, at least one of which they believe to be affiliated with al-Qaeda in Iraq, during an targeted attack Thursday southwest of the remote village of Tuz. Six others who the U.S. military says are affiliated with al-Qaeda were captured through two operations in the Mosul area...
...good news. But does it carry any hope for the continuing problems in the Middle East, especially with Iraq on fire...