Security forces open fire at anti-government protesters in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Iraq deployed counter-terrorism troops in the southern city of Nassiriya on Wednesday after police “lost control” when gunfights broke out between protesters and security forces, police sources said.
Demands on Wednesday included the “fall of the regime” and government and political party buildings set ablaze in two other southern provinces. Islamic State militants could also take advantage of any chaos and thousands of U.S. troops are stationed in the country in positions not far from those of Iran-allied Shi’ite militias.
But worst hit was southern Iraq, the heartland of the Shi’ite Muslim majority who, after years of voting along sectarian lines, are turning on their political leaders for failing to deliver jobs and basic services. Thousands gathered in the oil-rich city of Basra but the protests were peaceful. There were peaceful protests in Samawa.
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