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Coronavirus Is 'Break, Not Defeat', Iraqi Activists Say

Heather Murdock

   ISTANBUL/IRBIL -- We first met Ali'¯Almikdam'¯in'¯late January. Along
   with thousands of others, he had been living in a tent in Baghdad's
   Tahrir Square for about four months, protesting the government.

   "We will never stop our demonstrations," he told us as we whipped
   through the square in a yellow Tuk-tuk. It was lined with colorful
   tents and adorned with Iraqi flags. Loudspeakers blasted a song that
   said "We will stay!"

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