Iraq protests: Top Shia cleric gives support to protests
These are external links and will open in a new window/ At least 319 people have been killed during six weeks of mass anti-government protests Iraq's top Shia cleric has given his support to protests calling for an end to rampant corruption and mass unemployment. Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, 89, said the government was deluded if it believed it could avoid real reform through stalling and delaying tactics. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets since 1 October with wide-ranging demands. An explosion in central Baghdad ...
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