The killing's from the Iraq demonstrations of protests have now risen to over 300 since Oct 1. The majority coming from the Iraq security forces using aggressive force in attempt to halt the protests. They have used tear gas, live fire, rubber-coated bullets. Medical teams have claimed the SecFo has targeted their groups in order to prevent them from treating the wounded. The government has combated these claims saying that the groups who have targeted doctors and nurses are not legitimate security forces rather just militias. The article later discusses the pledges from politicians such as the Prime Minister or Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi. It is clear that the writer has a bias favoring the demonstrators because he notes several instances were Mahdi has dropped the ball as a politician, essentially not caring for his constituents. All in all, he has not been able to neutralize these protests and they are not disseminating, but growing. Iraq needs to get control of the situation and halt these protests peacefully.
Michael Pollack
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/iraq-gov-urged-rein-security-forces-bloodbath-191110093534131.html
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