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LOU DOBBS: The Iraqi
government today said its ordered its troops to
confront any effort by armed groups to break Iraqi
law. That announcement a clear warning to terrorist
groups that have challenged the government's
authority. But the Iraqi government appears powerless
to stop the violence without American help.
Michael Ware reports from Baghdad -- Michael.
MICHAEL WARE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, it's perhaps a
measure of the state of the war that on a day when 12
Iraqis were killed in attacks, two car bombs were
detonated in the capital, and eight executed bodies
were found across Baghdad this morning, some of them
showing signs of torture, that it's considered a
relatively quiet day.
Meanwhile, U.S. forces report five insurgents were
killed in an attack near Baquba, north of the
capital. Meanwhile, in the southern provincial
capital of Amara, the Iraqi government has declared a
curfew in an attempt to clamp down on Shia militia
inter-violence which saw at least 16 people killed
last week and as many as 90 wounded.
We're now seeing this Iraqi government attempt to
flex its muscle as the Americans put increasing
pressure for some sign of redress in the evergrowing
insurgent and sectarian violence -- Lou.
DOBBS: Michael Ware reporting.