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A new culture rift is emerging in Iraq, as young women replace shapeless cover-ups with ankle-baring skirts and tight blouses, while men strut around in revealing slacks and spiky haircuts. The relatively skimpy styles have prompted Islamic clerics...

Iraqis protest lack of services and widespread corruption | Video | Reuters.com

Hundreds of Iraqis take to the streets to protest flagging basic services and widespread corruption. Sunita Rappai reports.

The Common Ills: Protests erupt in Iraq

Throughout Iraq today, protests have taken place. The above is a screen snap of the protest in Ramadi from the video The Great Iraqi Revolution has posted.

Iraqis mourn slain journalist amid protests - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Crowds rally for better public services and mourn murdered radio host who was among Iraqi government's leading critics.

Murder of popular radio host and writer has Iraqis fearing a new dictatorship

Death threats did not stop Hadi al-Mahdi, a popular radio talk show host in Baghdad, from criticizing and mocking the Iraqi government’s waste and inefficiency. What silenced him was his actual death.

Outspoken Iraqi radio journalist shot dead at home | Amnesty International

Iraqi authorities are urged to redouble their efforts to protect journalists and ensure they can carry out their work in safety.

Iraq protests to Turkey over bombing raids

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Iraq Protests to Turkey Over Air Strikes Against Kurdistan -- News from Antiwar.com

Iraq Protests to Turkey Over Air Strikes Against Kurdistan Govt Accuses Turkey of 'Violating Sovereignty' and Targeting Civilians by Jason Ditz, Augu

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In Iraq's Tahrir Square, A Plea For Missing Relatives : NPR

After decades of war, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are missing. In a central plaza in Baghdad, mothers, sisters and wives in black robes congregate weekly, holding pictures of their missing relatives — many of them thought to be alive, in jail,...

Protests In Iraq Continue Into July

July 2011 saw continued protests in Iraq. There was a sit-in in Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar, and a march in Basra over the lack of services. The weekly demonstration on Friday in Baghdad also occurred. While local officials made themselves available in...

Sulaimaniya: Youth group calls for revival of protests | Politics | AKNEWS.com

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HRW Blasts Iraq Draft Law on Protests | Iraq Updates

Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi government Wednesday to revise a draft law it said contained provisions that violate international law.

Iraq: Revise Draft Law That Curbs Protests, Speech | Human Rights Watch

(Baghdad) - Iraq should revise its draft law on freedom of expression and assembly to remove provisions that restrict those freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today. Also available in:العربية

Iraq Protests Loom as Maliki’s ’100 Day Reform’ Deadline Expires -- News from Antiwar.com

Iraq Protests Loom as Maliki’s ’100 Day Reform’ Deadline Expires Maliki Claims Massive Progress, But Opposition Doesn't Buy It by Jason Ditz, June ...

Army Withdraws from Anbar After Protests | Iraq Updates

Iraqi Army began withdrawing from Anbar province today and handed over control to the police.

Maliki asks for patience on Iraq reforms - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Premier cites progress over past 100 days and asks for more time, but opponents already calling for protests on Friday.

Maliki faces possibility of new Iraq protests

By Tim Craig, Published: June 6 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki faces a new challenge Tuesday with the expiration of the 100-day cooling off period he set to quell violent protests nationwide, as the government struggles to implement...

Activists Arrested in Iraq as a Reform Deadline Nears - NYTimes.com

Rights group see recent arrests in Baghdad as an attempt to nip dissent in the bud, while fatal explosions in Ramadi raise new concerns about security.

Iraq Arrests Seen as Effort to Squelch More Protests

News - Iraqi security forces arrested more than a dozen activists here over the past week in a sweep that rights groups called a pre-emptive strike to prevent a flickering

Sadr followers rally against U.S. army staying in Iraq - Yahoo! News

Anti-U.S. Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr brought thousands of Shi'ite supporters onto Baghdad streets Thursday in a show of force against any extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq past a year-end deadline.

The Common Ills: Iraq snapshot

Chaos and violence continue, Countdown Friday sees protests in Baghdad and Mosul, Barack's speech does not go over well in Iraq, the country sees another prison break, Joan Wile talks peace and more.

Deadly Iraq bombings add fuel to debate over US departure - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com

A series of bombings killed at least 29 people Thursday in the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk amid a growing debate over security in the oil-rich area ahead of the planned withdrawal of U.S. forces at year's end.

Musings On Iraq: Protests In Iraq’s Tahrir Square Continue

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Iraq protests: In Baghdad's Tahrir Square, protests have sleepy-town feel - latimes.com

FOREIGN EXCHANGE In Baghdad, weekly 'day of rage' is low-key event Unlike the 'Arab Spring' protests roiling Iraq's neighbors, demonstrations at Ta...

Top protests organizer in Sulaimaniyah go to jail for a month | Politics | AKNEWS.com

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Another Friday's Protest In Iraq's Tahrir Square, Baghdad, April 29, 2011

Protests in Iraq's Tahrir Square, Baghdad continued on April 29, 2011. Press reports said that tens of Iraqis gathered in the central square of the capital near the Green Zone. They demanded an end to corruption, the withdrawal of U.S. forces, and...

May Day protests take place globally | World news | The Guardian

Demonstrators in France, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Germany and Iraq were among those protesting on a range of issues

Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan| Reuters

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - The deployment of thousands of heavily armed troops in Iraq's Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya appears to have quelled, for the moment, two months of protests against corruption

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Kurdish military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan

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Iraqis rally against extending U.S. troops presence| Reuters

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) -Thousands of Iraqis rallied in the northern city of Mosul Sunday in one of the biggest protests yet against any extension of the U.S. military presence in Iraq.Protests have swelled

Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan| Reuters

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - The deployment of thousands of heavily armed troops in Iraq's Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya appears to have quelled, for the moment, two months of protests against corruption

Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - The deployment of thousands of heavily armed troops in Iraq's Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya appears to have quelled, for the moment, two months of protests against corruption and authoritarian rule....

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Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests April 28, 2011 Written by iq4c Leave a comment Iraq: Widening Crackdown on Protests New Restrictions, Abuse in...