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September 6, 2018

Iraq: Government Building Torched as Basra Protests Continue
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In Iraq, demonstrators torched the main government building in the
southern city of Basra Wednesday, as protests over corruption, power
outages and rampant unemployment continued for a third straight day. The
protesters also say Basra's water supply is heavily polluted, charging
more than 20,000 people have been hospitalized from the contamination.
At least one person was killed Wednesday after Iraqi forces fired live
rounds into crowds; a day earlier, five people were shot and killed.


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