Iraqi premier is granted wide emergency powers

Thursday, July 8, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq unveiled emergency laws Wednesday to fight the enduring insurgency, even as masked gunmen battled Iraqi and American forces in Baghdad. The measures give the government broad powers -- including the right to impose limited martial law -- but some Iraqis questioned whether they would restore order.

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