Iraq Politics

• Iraqi protesters storm parliament for the second time this week

  Thousands of demonstrators, who are the followers of influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, used ropes to pull down cement barricades leading to the gate of Iraq's Green Zone.

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  Jul 30, 2022
  
• Iraqi soldiers, coalition members injured in Camp Taji rocket attack: officials

  The U.S.-led coalition said at least 25 107mm rockets struck Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, just before 11 a.m. Some struck the area where coalition forces are based, while others fell on air defence units, the Iraqi military statement said.

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  Mar 14, 2020
  
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• Close to 500 people killed in Iraq protests since October: human rights group

  Iraq has been roiled by protests since Oct. 1 in which demonstrators have taken to the streets to decry corruption, poor services and a lack of jobs. They have also called for an end to the political system imposed after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

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  Dec 28, 2019
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• ‘There is no state’: Iraqi-Canadians in Halifax worry for families amid bloody uprisings

  "We want the prime minister out, we want to get rid of the current parliamentary system, we want the end of sectarian laws."

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  Nov 9, 2019