Baghdad under curfew in fear of Zarqawi successors - Mission Accomplished!

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BAGHDAD - Baghdad was put under curfew on Friday to enhance security in the wake of two bombings that followed news that Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi had been killed.

Even as US and Iraqi officials predicted that Zarqawi’s surviving lieutenants would launch new attacks to assert their organization’s continued presence in the country, two car bombs exploded in predominantly Shia neighborhoods killing 15 people.

“The curfew is a measure to keep people indoors as there could be more bombings like the ones last night, following Zarqawi’s death,” a defense ministry official said.

Vehicles were banned from the streets of Baghdad and nearby Baquba, close to where Zarqawi was killed, from 11:00 am (0700 GMT) until 3:00 pm (1100 GMT), coinciding with Friday prayers.