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Security Forces Shoot at Iraqi Protesters on Third Day of Demonstrations

Edward Yeranian

   CAIRO, EGYPT - Iraqi security forces appeared to shoot at demonstrators
   Thursday during a third day of protests against corruption and
   unemployment. Demonstrators appeared to flout a curfew imposed by Prime
   Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to try and keep crowds from congregating near
   Baghdad's "Green Zone," where many government officials reside.

   Amateur video broadcast by Arab media appeared to show Iraqi security
   forces firing live ammunition Thursday as crowds of mostly young
   protesters scattered along a major Baghdad thoroughfare. Crowds were
   smaller than a day earlier, following the imposition of a daytime
   curfew.

   Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV showed wounded protesters being treated in a
   Baghdad hospital. The TV channel reported that several dozen people had
   been killed since protests erupted Tuesday over a lack of jobs and
   official corruption.

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