SIXTEEN protesters have been killed in the latest round of street battles in Baghdad’s historic Rasheed Street, which continued today.
The killings bring the death toll from Iraq’s nearly two months of protests to over 340.
Security forces have fired live ammunition into crowds demonstrating against corruption and the country’s sectarian political system. Across the country’s south, protesters blocked roads and burned tyres.
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