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IRINIRAQ: Curfew leaves Bagdhad suburb residents in troubleBAGHDAD, 4 June 2007 (IRIN) - Clashes between rival Sunni militant
groups in the Sunni neighbourhood of Amiriyah in western Baghdad
have left residents facing acute difficulties.
In a bid to restore calm after the last week of clashes, the Iraqi
authorities and US forces imposed a curfew, adding to residents’
problems.
"This is our seventh day indoors and we have run out of basic
essentials," said Sarhad Abdul-Ghafour Amin, a 48-year-old taxi
driver from Amiriyah.
"Shops have been closed for the last week… and we can't venture
out to other areas for fear of being shot by militants or US and
Iraqi forces," Amin, a father of five, told IRIN.
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