Iraq declares a state of emergency

[cycloneye]

(CNN) -- Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has declared a state of emergency for 60 days, his spokesman said on Sunday.

The emergency declaration excludes Iraqi regions run by Kurdish peoples in northern Iraq, and comes as U.S. and Iraqi forces prepare for an assault on insurgents in Falluja.

Government spokesman Thair Naqib, after making the announcement, did not offer details of the state of emergency, saying they would be announced Monday.

Naqib was asked whether the state of emergency was part of preparations for a Falluja operation.

"The Iraq government is serious in maintaining the security of the county, and also it is quite serious in its move toward the [January] general election, and any obstacles in this way will be removed by the government," Naqib said.

Naqib said Allawi declared the state of emergency after the failure of "all peaceful solutions" to the continuing violence in Iraq.




I hope that the US invasion to Falluja gets AL-ZARQAWI and kills all those insurgents.

[yoda]

Yup.... and Martial Law has been declared as well.

I hope we get all those insurgents...

[weatherlover427]

I too definitely want to see al Zarqawi gone. That darn scumbag...

[webke]

I would almost guarantee you, that he has already left the area, as most cowards do when it's time to face the music.

[yoda]

I would almost guarantee you, that he has already left the area, as most cowards do when it's time to face the music.

That really depends... I still think he is there. But we will see...

[webke]

You may be right, but remember that when the battle for Najaf started al Sadr, was nowhere to be found, and then shows up near Baghdad.