Thu 03 October 2019:
Iraq’s barely year old government is being forced to deal with the largest nationwide protests since taking over. Riot police contained demonstrators in Baghdad on Wednesday, 24 hours after bullets and tear gas were fired. At least three people died and hundreds of others were injured in Baghdad as well as other cities.
The mostly young protesters are angry at high levels of corruption, unemployment, and poor public services. Are Iraq’s leaders listening? And why isn’t the government able to deliver?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Ali Al-Nashmi – Political analyst and specialist on the modern history of Iraq
Judit Neurink – Political Analyst and founder of the Independent Media Centre in Kurdistan
Yusuf Alabarda – Middle East analyst
Courtesy: Al Jazeera
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