Al Jazeera: Iraqi protesters set fire to Iranian consulate in Basra
Thousands of protesters have taken part in protests against poor public services in oil-rich region in recent days.
Angry protesters have stormed the Iranian consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, setting a fire inside as part of ongoing demonstrations against a lack of services and jobs that have turned deadly in recent days.
Demonstrators on Friday attacked the building, which is located in the southern part of Basra, prompting security forces to open fire to quell the protests.
At least two protesters have died over the past two days, taking the death toll to 11 since the weeks-long unrest escalated on September 3.
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WNU Editor: Syria is the number one worry right now in the Middle East. But yes .... the growing unrest in southern Iraq could explode into a revolution .... The major uprising in Basra and southern Iraq is what the world should be worrying about in the Middle East right now (Patrick Cockburn, The Independent)
Update: Too little, too late .... Iraq parliament to hold emergency meet after Basra burns (Times of India/AFP)
More News On Reports That Iraqi Protesters Have Stormed And Set Fire To The Iranian Consulate In Basra
Protesters in Basra storm Iranian consulate as deadly demonstrations rage -- Reuters
Basra protests: Rioters attack Iran consulate -- BBC
Basra protesters burn Iranian consulate -- Jerusalem Post
Protesters set ablaze Iranian mission in Iraq's Basra, Shalamjah border closed -- Daily Sabah
Iraq: Protesters torch government buildings in Basra -- Al Jazeera
11 comments:
WNU,
This is of note in that (at least in one time) Basra was a very pro Iranian Shia center.
The neocon dream of regime change dies hard. Iran had to cut off power to parts of southern Iraq due to the inability to access payments since sanction were re-introduced.
No power in the desert where the temps reach 110+ degrees would cause anyone to become violent. The Kagan's, Kristol's, Elliot Abrams and the rest of that ghastly lot are sure that mullahs will be overthrown any day now. Silly, sad fools they remain as they cause misery for so many.
Thank you George Bush The Lessor. Thank you CIA for making the forged evidence of yellow-cake uranium supposedly purchased by Iraq. Thank you deep state servants in the US Congress and US mass media. We all knew was a huge lie. We spent trillions of dollars, and sacrificed thousands of US military lives and a half million Iraqi lives, and what is the result? A dysfunctional Iraq worse than anything Saddam Hussain could dream of.
Rod Rammer
Reasons for the war were many.
- Iraq's noncompliance with the conditions of the 1991 ceasefire agreement, including interference with U.N. weapons inspectors.
- Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, and programs to develop such weapons, posed a "threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region."
(Did you forget the aluminum tubes?)
- Iraq's "brutal repression of its civilian population."
- Iraq's "capability and willingness to use weapons of mass destruction against other nations and its own people".
- Iraq's hostility towards the United States as demonstrated by the 1993 assassination attempt on former President George H. W. Bush and firing on coalition aircraft enforcing the no-fly zones following the 1991 Gulf War.
- Members of Al-Qaeda, an organization bearing responsibility for attacks on the United States, its citizens, and interests, including the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, are known to be in Iraq.
- Iraq's "continuing to aid and harbor other international terrorist organizations," including anti-United States terrorist organizations.
- Iraq paid bounty to families of suicide bombers.
- The efforts by the Congress and the President to fight terrorists, including the September 11, 2001 terrorists and those who aided or harbored them.
- The authorization by the Constitution and the Congress for the President to fight anti-United States terrorism.
- The governments in Turkey, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia feared Saddam and wanted him removed from power.
- Citing the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, the resolution reiterated that it should be the policy of the United States to remove the Saddam Hussein regime and promote a democratic replacement.
They found those Iraqi nukes, right? Right?
Oh, I forgot, Saddam flew one of those 757's into the towers.
"They found those Iraqi nukes, right? Right?"
The WMDs was one of a dozen reasons for the invasion.
We tested the Euphrates for WMDs after 2003 and we found evidence.
S GFY.
Super. It was all worth it.
They dumped them in the river!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
I was fishing in the Susquehanna yesterday and found some metal tubes.
I think they were Iraqi nuclear components. Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!!!!
Susquehanna A does not know a thing about alloy or tolerances.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."
No one has laid down money on it.
Do and you can be the 1st.
If shorting things was so easy everyone would do it.
When was the last time you shorted a stock son?
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