Iraq PM says security forces control holy city

The violence among Shi`ites spread overnight, with gunmen attacking the offices of a powerful Shi`ite party in at least five cities and setting many of them ablaze. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said his troops had restored calm to the city and blamed “outlawed armed criminal gangs from the remnants of the buried Saddam regime” for the violence. He ordered army Major-General Salih al-Maliki,...