Basra's `dark ages' lifting as hard-line grip weakens (AP)


Written on April 18, 2008 – 11:43 pm | by

Iraqis shop for dvd's in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Friday. April 18. 2008.CD shops sell love songs again, women hesitantly emerge from their homes without veils, and alcohol sellers are creeping out of hiding in this southern city where religious vigilantes have long enforced strict Islamic laws. The changes in recent weeks are signs that an Iraqi military crackdown against militiamen, particularly the Mahdi Army loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has succeeded despite the troubles that plagued the offensive launched last month. (AP Photo / Nabil al-Jurani)AP - CD shops sell love songs again. Some women emerge from their homes without veils, and alcohol sellers are coming out of hiding in the southern city of Basra — where religious vigilantes have long enforced strict Islamic codes.


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