The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 8, 2011 Iraq Orders Closing of Political Offices Tied to Protests ---------------------------------------------------------- Iraqi security forces have ordered the closing of the offices of the Iraqi Nation Party and the Iraqi Communist Party. The offices were closed just days after the two parties organized protests in Baghdad. .