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Why Baghdad's Attempts to Mollify Protests Are Falling on Deaf Ears
Oct 25, 2019 | 17:37 GMT
(AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
Highlights
- Popular anger at lingering political and economic grievances is bound to keep resurfacing in Iraq so long as the economy continues to suffer from deep structural problems.
- Citizens, mistrustful after years of unfulfilled promises of more jobs and better services, are pushing their leaders to root out the corruption at the heart of Iraq's economic stagnation.
- Contrary to popular perceptions about Iraq, the unrest isn’t sectarian in nature, but focused instead on poor governance, corruption and a general lack of economic opportunity.
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