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Iraq Cuts Internet Services, Sends Forces to Quell Protests

Iraq's National Security Council deployed security forces and cut internet services Saturday as protests that began in Basra spread to several other cities. The council held an emergency meeting Saturday in Baghdad after protests over high unemployment, poor government services and corruption spread from Basra to Baghdad, Najaf, Amara and Nasiriyah. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a statement saying "infiltrators" had used "peaceful protests to attack...


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