More deaths and clashes follow Iraq demonstrations
About eight people were injured Saturday in the Iraqi city of Samarra because of the clashes among security forces and irritated mourners associating the caskets of two people killed in protests the day before, according to local police. Two protesters were also wounded in the Friday protests in Tikrit and they died on Saturday, police said. A teenager boy died Friday night during protests in Kubaisa, police said Saturday. Their protests are against corruption, unemployment, restrictions on freedom of expression, and poor government services. Security forces fought some of the protesters and then afterwards they opened fire to scatter the crowd, wounding at least eight, police said. In Basra, mourners held a funeral parade Saturday for a protester killed the day before. Why are these deaths happening in Iraq? Almost everyday we hear on the news about these clashes and deaths. Also we hear how many people were wounded. How can this stuff come to a stop? I believe everyone should be peaceful and not always fight. It said this happened because of the security forces and irritated mourners. Individuals should get along with each other. In some of the cities police said security forces fired at crowds of protesters to scatter them. In Tikrit, police said two protesters were killed and 17 others were wounded during the clashes. In Samarra, two people were killed and seven protesters were injured, police said. I think the security forces shouldn’t have fired at the crowds. They should of peacefully told everyone to leave or they would get arrested or something. If the security was strict in the first place then they would have never had to fire.
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/26/iraq.protests/index.html
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