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| Iraq |
| Why did Iraqi forces shoot protesters? |
| 2019-10-06 |
| [Jpost] The elephant in the room cannot be ignored: Someone in Iraq’s government told a section of the security forces to use live-fire to kill protesters. A variety of videos coming out of Baghdad show security forces shooting at protesters. Over 24 hours, as Friday turned to Saturday, the reports of snipers gunning down activists had grown. The elephant in the room cannot be ignored: someone in Iraq’s government told a section of the security forces to use live fire to kill protesters. It wasn’t a mistake, it wasn’t because police were outnumbered, and it wasn’t isolated incidents. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Occam's razor: Because they could? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-06 12:20 |
| #1 Why did Iraqi forces shoot protesters? ...Although one can't rule out Iranian provocations, Occam's razor tells us that at the bottom line, this is how things work over there. A decade or so of semi-democratic reforms ain't gonna change the mentality. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-10-06 10:19 |