IRAQ: Premier declares state of emergency to maintain security in Basra

caption, “Armed guards protect children as they arrive at schools in Basra.” * “Some 1,200 Sunni Muslim families have been forced to leave Basra as a result of threats by militant groups,” said Sheikh Abdul-Razaq al-Dosari, a senior AMS cleric.

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