Curfew Lifted But Tensions Linger in Baghdad

NPR | By Anne Garrels

Published February 27, 2006 at 6:53 PM EST

An Iraqi boy rides a tricycle as an Iraqi soldier patrols central Baghdad on Feb. 27, 2006. Authorities lifted a daytime curfew that had been imposed for three days.

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