Gunmen Attack Small Town East of Baghdad, Killing at Least 18
03 March 2006
Unidentified gunmen in Iraq have killed at least 18 Shi'ite workers in an attack on a small town near Baghdad.
Police say an unknown number of insurgents carried out the attack late Thursday in the town of Nahrawan.
It comes as a ban on automobile traffic took effect in the Baghdad region Friday, in a new bid to curb sectarian violence that has killed hundreds since a bombing at a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra last week.
Meanwhile, a coalition of Sunni and Kurdish politicians has called on Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister to step down.
The politicians say Ibrahim al-Jaafari is an obstacle to political unity, but a spokesman for the Shi'ite bloc says it continues to back him for another term as prime minister.
The political jockeying comes as some Sunni leaders blame the Shi'ite led government for failing to stop the continuing deadly violence in the war-torn country.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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