Iraqis Protest Electricity Shortage During Heat Wave

One of the country’s largest recent grass-roots protests shut down traffic in Baghdad on Friday night, and more protests took place Saturday in southern Iraq. [Source]

Publication Date: Saturday, 1 August 2015 at 15:26:54

Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Baghdad (Iraq)

Topics: protests, southern, place, night, Baghdad, traffic, grass-roots, recent, largest, country’s, During, Shortage, Electricity, Protest, Iraqis

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