Iraq security forces killed at least 14 people in the Shi'ite holy city of Kerbala overnight after opening fire on protesters, medical and security sources say. That’s as a fifth day of protests gathers momentum in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square:
BAGHDAD - Tens of thousands of Iraqis packed Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a fifth day of protests, spurred on by reports of security forces shooting dead protesters in Kerbala overnight and the prime minister’s refusal to call early elections.
Earlier, trade unions announced that they would call strikes, following the lead of lawyers and teachers. “Yesterday we broke the curfew and stayed the night, we will do so again today, even if 10, 20, 100, one thousand die. What happened in Kerbala will not be ignored, the blood of our brothers in Kerbala and other provinces will not be in vain,” he said.
“The protesters are young, they are students and graduates who don’t see a future for themselves. They didn’t see Iraq before 2003, the elite can’t say we liberated you from Saddam like they used to,” said Renad Mansour of the Chatham House think tank in London. In response, Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday he could not call an election unilaterally and that parliament must vote with an absolute majority to dissolve itself.
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