BAGHDAD - Wearing surgical masks, motorcycle helmets and clothes stained with blood and grime, they populate the protest barricades of Baghdad, chanting for the government to fall.
More than 300 people have been killed as security forces have responded to the mostly peaceful demonstrations by firing live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear-gas canisters directly at the bodies of protesters. Above him, hundreds of young men manned barricades made of concrete blocks, iron sheets and tires, locked in a stalemate with security forces directly across from them.
“I graduated top of my class at school, but no universities would accept me,” said 27-year-old Ahmed. “And even if you graduate from university, there are no jobs...Even if you want to work as a day laborer, you need a powerful connection now.”
Good for them yo get rid of Iran and its stooges in Baghdad ..
If it lasts 40 years, they'll all be old protesters.
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