Major protests continue nationwide in Iraq, with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in all major cities, and even some smaller cities. With Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi ordering security forces to put a stop to the demonstrations, it is getting troublingly violent.
On Monday, Iraqi special forces and police opened fire on the demonstrators in several cities, killing a number of them and wounding dozens more. The largest such incidents took place near the Green Zone, where the PM ordered special forces to “reinforce” the area, and bragged on them having “dealt with” approaching protesters.
In addition to Baghdad, police opened fire with live ammunition near the Iranian consulate in Karbala. A protester was also reported killed in the southern town of Shatra. Over 250 have been killed since protests began last month.
So far, Iraqi forces resorting to violence are not fixing any problems, and, if anything, demonstrations are getting bigger and bigger, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is calling on the police to show restraint, and the only one seemingly comfortable with violence is a premier who is unlikely to survive in office for more than a month.
A weekly occurrence on the “border” of Israel and Gaza.
It isn’t borders that cause the insanity,
it is religious fanaticism,
but your attempted deflection is duly noted.
You mean like the “chosen” people that are pulling the triggers? Isn’t there a neocon echo chamber you can visit? You’d feel much more at home.
No other religion surpasses the Muslim worldwide carnage, nothing.
Other than the US. Responsible for an estimated 20 million deaths since WW2. Unmatchable. Are we a Muslim country?
So you agree, islam is the most prolific religion known to man.
Uh-oh they are shooting their own people, when does the Army roll?
“Iraqi special forces and police opened fire on the demonstrators … ” Is this not the way these regime change wars always start? This is very ominous. It is as if the western regime changers are out to stir up Arab Iraq against Persian Iran again.