Vehicle ban in Kut at night

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Police forces imposed a vehicle ban on Thursday in Kut at night, according to a police source. “The ban includes all civilian cars and motorcycles from Thursday midnight until early Friday as part of precautionary measures during Ashuraa,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Ashuraa commemorates the slaughter of Imam al-Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, and his family and companions in the battle of Taf in Karbala in the Hegira year 61 (680 in the Gregorian calendar). Security agencies are working within a preemptive plan. We have intelligence elements spreading everywhere and we already deployed 30,000 security men on all the ways leading to Karbala. Kut, the capital of Wassit, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P) 71