Days of deadly anti-government protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities brough...
BAGHDAD - Days of deadly anti-government protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities brought few real concessions from the authorities. But when bloodshed spread to one particular poor, restive Baghdad district, they responded differently.
“We’ve been trying to calm things, talking to protesters who are all our kin, because if things move towards use of weapons or parties get involved, Iraq will spiral out of control and there will be more bloodshed.” Many protesters are young men from the sprawling suburb, a symbol of the poor services, lack of jobs and endemic government corruption that sparked public anger - and home to many armed supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
The government initially proposed handouts for the poor and greater job opportunities for graduates. In Baghdad on Tuesday, dozens of people queued outside the labor ministry in hopes of receiving new promised stipends. “Sadr City always looms large as the uncontrollable specter on the fringes of the city ... killing large numbers of people in Sadr City is going to trigger a cycle of death and revenge,” he said.
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