Mourners and protesters escort the flag-draped coffin of Munir Ali, whose family said was killed in anti-government demonstrations, during his funeral in Baghdad on Sunday, Nov. Demonstrators outraged by rampant government corruption and poor services burned tires and blocked main road arteries. Seven protesters were killed in the southern province of Basra, near the Umm Qasr port, when Iraqi authorities used live fire and tear gas to disperse them, said security and hospital officials, who requested anonymity in line with regulations.
At least protesters were wounded in clashes across southern Iraq. Security forces cleared the area of protesters on Thursday. At least people have died since demonstrations began Oct. In Nassiriya on Sunday, protesters blocked key thoroughfares and main bridges with burning tires.
In Baghdad, at least 13 people were wounded as clashes between anti-government demonstrators and security forces continued for a fourth day. Sixteen people have been killed and more than have been wounded in the renewed clashes in the capital, which kicked off Thursday as protesters tried to scale a concrete barrier on historic Rasheed Street, prompting security forces to fire live ammunition, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse them.
On Sunday, protesters carried the coffin of one dead demonstrator across Rasheed Street to the adjacent Ahrar Bridge. Protesters are occupying part of three strategic bridges β Jumhuriya, Ahrar and Sinar β in a standoff with security forces. The international community, including the United Nations and the U.
The leaderless movement seeks to dismantle the sectarian system and to unseat the government, including Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. North Korea fires projectiles into eastern sea, Seoul says. At Kapaun Air Station, airmen taking care of their own on Thanksgiving. Air Force: No hazard in precautionary Globemaster landing at Okinawa air base. Former 7th Group soldier acquitted of child sexual assault charges.
