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Iraq
Iraq declares curfews as gunfights rage and protests spread nationwide
2019-10-03
The shape of Wednesday’s events is emerging from the fog. Scroll up and down through the articles and tweets (thanks, 3dc and Fred!) under the Iraq heading, and also a report of Iran flying in militias from their part of the world, which can be seen here. Yesterday’s report of Tuesday’s events can be seen here.
[Jpost] Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Wednesday declared a curfew in Baghdad until further notice after at least seven people were killed and more than 400 were maimed during two days of nationwide anti-government protests.

Curfews were imposed earlier in three southern cities while elite counter-terrorism troops opened fire on protesters trying to storm Baghdad airport and deployed to the southern city of Nassiriya after shootouts broke out between protesters and security forces, police sources said.

"All vehicles and individuals are totally forbidden to move in Baghdad as of 5 am today, Thursday, and until further notice," Abdul Mahdi said in a written statement.
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