CNN: Protests spread, turn deadly in Iraq: At least 8 are dead, dozens hurt
Baghdad (CNN)At least eight people are dead and dozens injured in weeklong protests over jobs and basic services, Iraq's Ministry of Health spokesman Saif al-Bader said Monday.
The protests started in the southern Iraq port city of Basra and spread to different areas of the country.
At least 56 people have been wounded, seven of them critically, Bader said in a news conference.
Protesters react as Iraqi security forces fire tear gas during a demonstration against unemployment and a lack of basic services in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, on Sunday, July 15.
Of the eight dead, two were killed in Basra, two in Najaf, three in al-Simawa and one in Karabala. A Ministry of Health worker was killed in a car accident related to the protests and one ambulance worker remains in critical condition, Bader said.
The Ministry of Electricity has taken steps to improve service in Basra, said spokesman Musa'ab al-Mudaris at the same press conference.
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WNU Editor: This will make the situation even worse .... Iraqi Protests Threaten Oil Production (OilPrice.com). What is also not helping are U.S. sanctions. Iran sells electricity to Iraq, but sanctions will stop this trade because Iraq will not be able to pay Iran .... Amid Electricity Cuts, Anti-Government Unrest Grows In Southern Iraq (NPR). More here .... Iraq's electricity deal with Iran fails as protests rage on (Kurdistan 24).
More News On The Growing Unrest In Iraq
Iraqi police disperse protesters outside Zubair oilfield as unrest grows -- Reuters
Iraqi forces use batons and rubber hoses to disperse protesters -- Al Jazeera
Iraq protests: Two killed, dozens hurt as unrest spreads in south -- NBC
Iraq: Deadly Basra protests spread to other cities -- Al Jazeera
Iraq braces for more unrest as Basra protests gather pace -- DW
Protests continue in Iraq over unemployment and poor services -- TRT
Iraqi protests escalate with no new government in sight -- Al-Monitor
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