Security alarm, vehicle ban in Talafar

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Security authorities in Talafar adopted tight security measures on Friday as Shiites celebrate Imam Hussein’s Arbaeen, a security source said on Friday. “Iraqi army and police in Talafar (60 km northwest of Mosul city) intensified their deployment in the city,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that a ban on vehicles is among other security measures taken in the suburb. The Arbaeen is a religious occasion marking the 40 th day after the death of Imam al-Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, in the battle of Taf in Karbala in the Hegira year 61 (680 in the Gregorian calendar). Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/SH 2