Nine Killed In Iraq’s ‘Day Of Rage’ Protests

02/25/2011 8:37 am 0 comments

Source: Stephanie McCrummen / The Washington Post

Bagdad – At least nine people were killed in Iraq on Friday as tens of thousands defied an official curfew for nationwide demonstrations that were billed as a “Day of Rage” and echoed protests that have roiled the Middle East and North Africa since January.

Despite pleas by the government and Shiite religious leaders for Iraqis to stay home, demonstrators gathered by the hundreds and thousands from Basra in the south to Mosul and Kirkuk in the north.

In Baghdad, where Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki imposed an curfew that banned cars and even bicycles from the streets, people walked, often many miles, to reach the city’s Tahrir Square. Several thousand had gathered by early afternoon.

Surrounded by hundreds of police, soldiers and rooftop snipers, with military helicopters buzzing overhead, protesters waved Iraqi flags and signs reading “Bring the Light Back” (a reference to the lack of electricity), “No to Corruption!” and “I’m a Peaceful Man.”

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