Yes, protests continue in Iraq. Farid Y. Farid Tweets:
ALJAZEERA carries AFP's report:
Hundreds of Iraqis have protested in central Baghdad to demand that authorities hold accountable the killers of dozens of activists associated with a long-running protest movement.
More than 70 activists have been targeted in assassinations, attempted murders and abductions since a pro-democracy protest movement erupted against government corruption and incompetence in 2019.
“We’re here to say that we want to end impunity in Iraq,” Hussein Al-Faili, an 18-year old student, told AFP news agency on Sunday from Firdos Square, a key protest site.
“We want freedom! This revolution started because of this and we won’t stop until we win.”
Dozens also turned out in the southern city of Nasiriya, where tensions have been running high following a hospital fire that killed at least 60 people on Monday.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhifi's failed leadership is why The October Revolution -- a movement that began in 2019 -- continues. Mustafa's due in the US shortly. REUTERS notes:
U.S. President Joe Biden will host Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on July 26, the White House said on Friday.
The visit will highlight the strategic partnership between the two countries and advance bilateral cooperation under a 2008 agreement that governed the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
Psaki listed areas of shared interest such as energy and health and said Biden looked forward to strengthening cooperation with Iraq on "security issues to include joint efforts to ensure the enduring defeat" of the Islamic State militant group.
Will elections take place in October in Iraq? Mustafa wants a second term, despite being a failure. Social media has many claims that the planned elections will be postponed -- with some citing Moqtada al-Sadr's announcement that he won't participate as part of the effort to postpone elections.
