I wanted to write about some events today in Iraq related to the series of popular uprisings that are spreading throughout the Arab world. I manage some programs in Iraq and am currently in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and the information contained in this diary is from our staff who have been monitoring the situation, as well as Kurdish and Arabic radio broadcasts. It is not sourced with formal news articles or accounts, but I believe the information to be accurate. Today, two protesters were killed in Sulaimaniyah, to my knowledge the first fatalities to have occurred in Iraq as a result of the pan-Middle Eastern revolution. The errors which led to this tragedy could spiral in the coming days. More demonstrations are expected tomorrow in Kurdistan and Baghdad.
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Eyes on Iraq - Demonstrations Today
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