(2)Troops seal off CPA Samawah office vicinity after warning

(2)Troops seal off CPA Samawah office vicinity after warning

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Containers are placed along the road in Samawah in southern Iraq to seal off the area around the regional office of the U.S.-backed Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) on Nov. 14. Dutch troops stationed in southern Iraq said they received a warning to attack the CPA building.

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