Anti-Maliki Demonstrations Spread In Iraq
Anti-Government Protests Rage Across Iraq -- Al Jazeera
Minority Sunnis continue widespread protests to demand end to allegedly sectarian policies of Shia-led government.
Thousands of Sunni Iraqis have continued to protest in Fallujah and other in Iraqi cities against the Shia-led government in Baghdad.
Protesters after Friday prayers in the province of al-Anbar, the heartland of Iraq’s Sunni population, demanded the release of prisoners and the end to allegedly sectarian policies.
The government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki released fourteen female prisoners a day earlier, but the measure did not seem to have defused tension.
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More News On The Growing Violence And Unrest In Iraq
Iraqi Forces Fire Into Air as Anti-Maliki Demonstrations Spread -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Iraq anti-govt rallies draw thousands -- The Australian
Thousands rally for Iraqi prisoners' release -- AFP
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr visits church, Sunni mosque as anti-government protests rage -- Washington Post/AP
Car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims reflects Iraq tensions -- Washington Post
Bombings kill an estimated 32 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq -- Foreign Policy
32 Pilgrims Are Killed by Bombings in Central Iraq -- New York Times
Iraqi Parties to Seek Revenge In Provincial Elections -- Al-Monitor
Sadr and Maliki Battle Over Iraqi Oil -- Al-Monitor
Don’t Let Anti-Shi’ite Bias Play into Al-Qaeda’s Hands -- Michael Rubin, Commentary
Iraq: Playing the Sectarian Crisis Card -- Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Middle East Forum
The Mess in Iraq -- Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
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