At 5.30 in the evening on March 28th an explosion killed 62 people, including many women and children, in the packed marketplace of al-Nasr in the al-Shula quarter of north-west Baghdad.
Authorities in Baghdad eased a stiff, citywide curfew Monday, but a vehicle ban remained in place in Sadr City, Shula and Kadhimiya -- three neighborhoods seen as al-Sadr strongholds.
Al-Maliki said he plans actions in other cities and Baghdad neighborhoods, such as Sadr City, Shula and Amiriya, and vowed that the military will "be 100 percent ready" when it embarks on those operations.