More than 100 people have been killed, and thousands have been injured since Iraqi protests started
The mass demonstrations in Baghdad and parts of southern Iraq were led by primarily 20-something Iraqis tired of the lack of opportunity in their country and the corruption of the government. The public uprising shocked government officials,“The government were completely surprised by this, and they sent in the Iraqi army and the police with very heavy-handed tactics,” Khan said. “They used live fire. They used tear gas. They used rubber-coated steel bullets.
These calls are coming from young people who “barely remember the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq,” according to Khan. “What they do remember is the last 10 years and the opportunities that have not been given to them,” he told NPR.The anti-government rallies began almost a year after Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi took office.
On Saturday , Abdul-Mahdi said he wanted to meet with the protesters — without armed forces. “I am ready to go wherever our brotherly protesters are and meet them or send them envoys to other locations without any armed forces,” Abdul-Mahdi told his Cabinet in televised remarks,. “I will go and meet them without weapons and sit with them for hours to listen to their demands.”
That same day, Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi met with protesters and told them that their “voice was being heard,”
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