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Iraq protests: Security forces open fire on protesters
bbc ^ | 11/24/19 | bbc staff

Posted on 11/24/2019 5:06:35 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

Iraqi security forces have opened fire on protesters in southern Iraq, killing at least five people, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations.

At least two people died and some 50 others were injured near the Gulf port city of Basra on Sunday.

Late on Saturday, at least three protesters were killed and more than 40 others injured in Nasiriya.

Since the violence began in October, more than 300 people have died and thousands more have been injured.

People are demanding an end to corruption, more jobs and better public services in the demonstrations, which have mostly affected southern Iraq and the capital Baghdad.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdad; djibouti; eritrea; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; iraq; lebanon; protests; riots; sudan; yemen
A world in turmoil...
1 posted on 11/24/2019 5:06:35 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“A World in turmoil”.

Yup, SHEESH! It’s almost easier to name the nations NOT in some form of turmoil.


2 posted on 11/24/2019 5:23:52 PM PST by rockinqsranch ("Democratic" party sold out to the ICP. It is now the Communist Party USA.)
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To: rockinqsranch

This is a relatively new government. After the US and allies conquered Iraq, the UN used anti-Arafat Iraqi leaders and wrote a new constitution for the country, oversaw elections and thereby established a new Iraq. That is what I recall. What am I missing?? What has happened??


3 posted on 11/24/2019 5:37:03 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: rockinqsranch

This is a relatively new government. After the US and allies conquered Iraq, the UN used anti-Arafat Iraqi leaders and wrote a new constitution for the country, oversaw elections and thereby established a new Iraq. That is what I recall. What am I missing?? What has happened??


4 posted on 11/24/2019 5:37:10 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

It is an age old fight...Shia versus wahabi


5 posted on 11/24/2019 5:51:52 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster

Sorry brain fart.

That should be Shia versus Sunni


6 posted on 11/24/2019 5:55:06 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Don’t care, not our mess.


7 posted on 11/24/2019 6:11:01 PM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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