The curfew, which was in place nightly, was lifted at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The move represents the first time the curfew, aimed at stymying violence in Baghdad, has been completely lifted since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But in the hours leading up to the curfew removal, 11 people were killed in a pair of suicide attacks in Baghdad, a police source told CNN. Six people were killed in a bombing at a restaurant, and five people were killed when an assailant detonated explosives at a busy market.
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CNN’s Mohammed Tawfeeq and Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report.
