More protests in Iraq

Iraqis accuse Parliament of neglecting Iraq on account of Bahrain protests

Al-Sumaria reports (March 19^th): Iraqi demonstrators in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square affirmed that they will pursue protests until achieving their goals.

In Ramadi, hundreds of protesters called for the topple of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki’s government. 

Protesters rallied in Al Shajariah District, eastern Ramadi, waving Iraqi flags and chanting slogans against the government while calling to improve services in the country. 

http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-61809-.html

Iraq Fallujah residents demonstrate to release detainees

Al-Sumaria reports (March 18^th): Hundreds of Fallujah residents demonstrated on Friday calling to release detainees who have not been charged.

http://www.alsumaria.tv/en/Iraq-News/1-61762-Iraq-Fallujah-residents-demonstrate-to-release-detainees.html

Falluja placed under tight curfew

Azzaman reports (March 19^th): Iraq’s restive city of Falluja is under tight curfew following anti-government demonstrations and attacks targeting Iraqi security forces and U.S. occupation troops.

Three houses belonging to police officers were blown up and there were demonstrations in the city demanding the release of detainees and implementation of pledges made by the government to improve public services.

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2011-03-19\kurd.htm

Inmates set prison on fire in Iraq’s Tikrit

Azzaman reports (March 16^th): Inmates have set their prison on fire in the northern city of Tikrit in protest against ill treatment and worsening conditions.

The 400 prisoners then staged a sit in as plumes of smoke rose from the wards where they languished.

The prison warden, Hatem al-Jibouri, called in anti-riot police to impose order.

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2011-03-16\kurd.htm

In Iraq protests, a younger generation finds its voice

Washington Post reports (March 16^th): In recent days, Basaam Abdulrizak, an organizer of the ongoing protests here, has appeared on al-Jazeera and held forth with revolutionaries from Tunisia to Bahrain. But as he’s taken a central role in the demonstrations, the intense 27-year-old has become ever more eloquent about what he considers the cause of his generation: the idea of Iraq itself.

“What we have passed through is like a dark dream,” said Abdulrizak, referring to the U.S invasion and the sectarian bloodshed that claimed relatives, friends and his own youth. “We believe in Iraq as the primary identity, not sect or religion.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-iraq-protests-a-younger-generation-finds-its-voice/2011/03/13/ABfImre_story.html