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Iraqi Communists condemn ‘repressive methods’ used against protesters
Iraqi electoral officials work to salvage ballot boxes as smoke rises from a fire that broke out at Baghdad's largest ballot box storage site, where ballots from Iraq's May parliamentary elections are stored, in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday

THE Iraqi Communist Party condemned “repressive methods” used against protesters amid growing unrest over a deepening economic crisis and shortages of electricity and water across the country.

Iraqis have taken to the streets and public squares in Basra, Baghdad, Babylon province, Maysan, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Kut and other areas to demonstrate against the central government’s failure to deal with shortages of essential goods.

But authorities have clamped down on dissent by shooting at the protesters with live bullets and arresting them.

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