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The Iraqi government has imposed a partial travel ban in
Two-wheelers and hand carts, but not cars, will be banned in
The curfew aims to curb attacks against up to two million Shia pilgrims expected to head to
Earlier, a car bomb in northern
There is already a daily curfew in place in
"An indefinite curfew has been imposed on two-wheelers and hand carts, but not on other vehicles such as cars," Brig Gen Qassim Atta, spokesman for the Iraqi military in
Pilgrims have been the subject of attacks in the past.
'Al-Qaeda-free zone'
Central areas of what has been one of
The operation in Diyala province, north-east of
The claim that Diyala is rapidly becoming a more peaceful province after a long period of violence is clearly one to be judged by whether any improvement is sustained, says BBC world affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge in
But Col David Sutherland,
They are mostly Sunni, many of them former fighters.
"These are people, patriots that have come forward and joined the security process," he told the BBC.
"They are working with my soldiers and they are working with the Iraqi security forces to assist us with information... being the eyes and ears forward, as basically advance scouts."
Col Sutherland say they have captured both Iraqi and foreign al-Qaeda members during the operation in Diyala.
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