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Arab Spring: Iraq
Demonstrations took place in Basra in southern Iraq on 22 February 2011. On 25 February 2011, after Friday prayers, demonstrations from other parts of the country were reported for the first time, killing several people. The cause was anger over social injustice, in particular corruption and high unemployment. Some of the demonstrations ended violently when participants tried to storm government buildings in several cities. The largest demonstrations took place in the cities of Mosul, Falluja (inhabited mainly by Sunni Arabs), Baghdad and Basra (inhabited mainly by Shiite Arabs). There were also demonstrations and deaths in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Northern Iraq. The Kurdish regional parliament in Arbil subsequently adopted a 17-point plan to de-escalate the situation. The demonstrations also led to the resignation on 25 February of the Governor of Basra, Scheltak Abbud, who is considered corrupt by the population. (wp)
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