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September 1, 2015

Iraq: Anti-Corruption Protests Swell in Rebuke to U.S. Imposed Gov't 
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In Iraq, nonviolent civil resistance is growing as a campaign of weekly
protests enters its second month. Tens of thousands of protesters
flooded Baghdad's main square on Friday, calling for improvements to the
country's electrical system amid a sweltering heat wave, trials for
corrupt officials and the enactment of anti-corruption reforms. The
demonstrations are largely led by young people, many of whom see the
movement as a rebuke of the government created by the United States
following the 2003 invasion. One of demonstrators, 22-year-old Hussein
Ali, told The New York Times: "This protest was established to demolish
what the Americans set up."

 

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