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2019-11-11 Iraq
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Iraqi Security Forces Kill 10 Protesters in Baghdad, tear gas wounds 22
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Iraqi forces fire tear gas injuring 22 in Baghdad: Sources
[AlAhram] Security forces fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Sunday injuring at least 22 people, police and medical sources said, a day after they pushed demonstrations back towards one main square in the Iraqi capital.
One person died in hospital of wounds sustained in festivities the previous day, the sources said. Security forces on Saturday pushed protesters back from bridges they had sought to control during the week.
"The situation is the same, they're still firing at people, maimed are coming in," said Hayder Ghareeb, a volunteer medical worker at a makeshift clinic in Tahrir Square, now the main gathering point for demonstrators in Baghdad.
Some of those hurt had choked on tear gas and been taken to hospital, medical sources said.
No deaths were immediately reported on Sunday, however, making it one of the calmer days in weeks of unrest that erupted in Baghdad with protests over lack of jobs and services and have spread across much of southern Iraq.
Security forces have used live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades against mostly young, unarmed protesters, killing more than 280 people, according to a Rooters tally based on medical and police sources.
Iraqi leaders agreed at a meeting in Baghdad on Sunday that imminent electoral reform should give a greater chance for youth to participate in politics and break a monopoly on power by political parties that have dominated state institutions since 2003, state media reported.
The current protests are free of sectarian rhetoric: directed by mostly Shi'ite protesters against a government dominated by Shi'ite politicians and powerful allies of Iran. 
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