Baghdad quiet under car ban after attacks

IRAQI security forces in bulletproof vests took to the streets in the bloodied capital yesterday to enforce a daytime ban on private vehicles.

They did so in an effort to contain a surge of sectarian violence that has pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war.

Late on Thursday, gunmen stormed a power station in Baghdad’s suburbs, fighting a gun battle with security guards, police and the army. In a separate attack nearby Shi’ite factory workers, were killed by gunmen while they slept.