BAGHDAD, Dec 7 — Twelve demonstrators were killed and dozens wounded late yesterday after unidentified men attacked an anti-government protest camp in Baghdad, marking a new violent turn for the anti-government movement. The bloodshed came as the US accused Iran of “meddling” in Iraq’s...
Saturday, 07 Dec 2019 07:05 AM MYT
Youth-dominated allies have thronged the Iraqi capital’s main protest camp in Tahrir Square since early October, denouncing the government as corrupt, inept and beholden to Iran. Young volunteer medics dabbed at the bloodied wounds with cotton to clean them while the teenage protesters grimaced in pain.
Yesterday, the US imposed sanctions on three Iraqi paramilitary leaders it accused of involvement in the deadly crackdown. The Hashed began publicly backing the rallies and its supporters streamed into Tahrir in the thousands on Thursday. “The religious shrines’ involvement grants legitimacy and numbers to the protests,” said Thaer Istayfi, 41.
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