Posted on 08/07/2015 7:22:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Thousands of Iraqis braved the scorching summer heat to stage a huge protest in central Baghdad on Friday, calling on the prime minister to dissolve the parliament and sack corrupt government officials.
Security forces and riot police sealed off Iraq’s iconic Tahrir Square and searched anyone who entered the area, but tens of thousands of men, women and children thronged the sprawling square, waving Iraqi flags.
“In the name of religion, the thieves robbed us,” they chanted long into the evening.
Men with the government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces, the umbrella group made up predominantly of Shiite militias, pulled up in trucks and handed out ice water bottles to the protesters. …
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“In the name of religion, the thieves robbed us,”
It’s what islam does. I’m sure they will enjoy their isis masters later on.
This bears watching.
Sounds like every other Muslim county on earth.
So we wait.
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