Freeance and Peance

So this is what it looks like. Cities locked down in daylight, roads barricaded, virtual chaos. Tell me again what our objective is in Iraq?

Iraqi Daytime Curfew Curbs Violence

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Religious leaders summoned Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis to joint prayer services Friday amid an extraordinary daytime curfew aimed at halting a wave of sectarian violence that has killed nearly 130 people since the bombing of one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines.

Police and soldiers blocked major roads and surrounded Baghdad's two main Sunni mosques as streets throughout this city of nearly 7 million emptied of people and traffic. The nation stood on the brink of civil war and the American strategy in Iraq faced its gravest test since the 2003 invasion.

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