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More than 300 people have been killed in recent weeks, most of them protestors mobilized against the government and demanding the resignation of the government. The intervention of security forces to dislodge protesters occupying the iconic Tahrir Square is fearing the worst.
With our special envoys in Baghdad, Sami Boukhelifa and Boris Vichith
The firing of tear gas, the blasts of sound grenades and in the wake the ballet of ambulances and mototaxis that carry suffocating wounded. On the spot, Ibrahim Yassine is a rescuer. Bottle and oxygen mask in hand, it helps a demonstrator in respiratory distress. " We have to treat them quickly. We can not waste time evacuating them to hospitals, and hospitals are overwhelmed. That's it, I have to pull this pin that releases the oxygen. The patient inspires and little by little he regains normal breathing. "
The center of Baghdad looks like a battlefield. In the front line behind the barricades, young Ahmed promises to fight to the end. " The message of these political parties in power, who are in the pay of Iran, is: shut up, go home and you will live ! But we, to defend our country, prefer to die here. "
The protesters demand the resignation of the government and especially the end of the Iranian interference .
Our demonstrations are peaceful but the authorities have chosen repression.
Sayid Mehdi, protesting in Baghdad 11/11/2019 - by Sami Boukhelifa Play
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