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Bloody Defiance, The Big Story: Iraq Protests

Author(s): Ghaith Najaf, Emma Graham Harrison

In: Guardian Weekly, 2019, pp. 10-12

This on the spot report provides an overview of the popular uprising up to mid-December 2019, and to the resignation of Prime Minister Mahdi. (Though he was to stay on in a caretaker government until parliament could agree a replacement.)  The authors note the scale of violence against the protesters and the role of Iran-backed militias in shooting at them, as well as increasing international concern.