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Related: About this forumState of Emergency Declared in Iraqi Green Zone ABC News
Published on Apr 30, 2016
Protesters scaled the walls of the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, calling on the prime minister to end corruption in the Iraqi government.
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State of Emergency Declared in Iraqi Green Zone ABC News (Original Post)
Donkees
May 2016
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EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)2. We're spreading this success
All over the place:
Syria
Libya
Yemen
And because of Iraq ISIS is now active in
Egypt
Jordan
Algeria
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Tunisia
And of course in some European countries as well.
democrank
(11,092 posts)3. Many Iraqis are justifiably fed up. I can`t even imagine what they have endured....for years.
Perhaps some politicians and others who have recently said how the Iraq War vote "was a long time ago" would like to reconsider their comments. Ed Rendell could go first.
bobmartel
(5 posts)4. Shooting Videos
No guns in sight. They stormed the walls shooting videos. Nice.
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)5. Good for them! Fight on Iraqi citizens, fight on!
Stand in solidarity with the people of Iraq on this May Day.