Allawi: Terrorists do not want peace

Iraqi interim prime minister Iyad Allawi has said “terrorists” are not interested in a peaceful settlement and announced that emergency measures would be imposed on the insurgent strongholds of Fallujah and Ramadi beginning tonight.

At a Baghdad press conference today, he said that Iraq’s borders with Syria and Jordan will also be closed off and Baghdad’s international airport would be shut down for 48 hours.