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Donkees

(31,367 posts)
Sun May 1, 2016, 09:55 AM May 2016

State 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 OP
. AxionExcel May 2016 #1
We're spreading this success EdwardBernays May 2016 #2
Many Iraqis are justifiably fed up. I can`t even imagine what they have endured....for years. democrank May 2016 #3
Shooting Videos bobmartel May 2016 #4
Good for them! Fight on Iraqi citizens, fight on! Kip Humphrey May 2016 #5

EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
2. We're spreading this success
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:07 AM
May 2016

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.
Sun May 1, 2016, 10:10 AM
May 2016

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.

Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
5. Good for them! Fight on Iraqi citizens, fight on!
Sun May 1, 2016, 11:35 AM
May 2016

Stand in solidarity with the people of Iraq on this May Day.

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