NSTworld: “The revolution continues!” shouted one demonstrator at a protest encampment in central Diwaniyah.
Anti-government rallies have rocked Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south since Oct 1, with demonstrators calling for a complete overhaul of a regime they deem corrupt and inefficient.Protesters blocked off public buildings one by one in the southern Iraqi city, and put up banners reading “The country is under construction – please excuse the disruption.”
Sunday marks the latest deadline – already pushed back twice by President Barham Saleh – for parliament to choose a new premier to replace Adel Abdel Mahdi, who tendered his administration’s resignation last month. But protesters categorically reject his candidacy, along with anyone from the wider political establishment that has been in place since dictator Saddam Hussein was deposed in 2003.
Around 460 people have been killed since the protests began nearly three months ago, and some 25,000 have been wounded.Dozens of protesters blocked roads linking southern cities to Baghdad with burning tyres, an AFP correspondent said.
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