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Thousands Rally in Baghdad; Tear Gas Fired

Posted on 02/11/2017

Iraqi security forces have fired tear gas on thousands of protesters gathered in the capital.

The demonstrators were called to Baghdad by influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to demand electoral reform before elections later this year.

Sadr has been a strong critic of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

Officials say the protesters attempted to breach Baghdad’s Green Zone, home to most of Baghdad’s foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government.
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