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Panic among crowds as gunfire echoed around the square in central baghdad moments earlier gunmen had pulled up in cars and trucks at a building where protesters have base themselves since antigovernment rallies began in october medics struggle to treat the Dozens Injured theres been concerns that the rallies gathered around Tahrir Square could spiral into chaos i after supporters of how the shah prepare a military coalition flooded the area on thursday in a show of force they arrived in their thousands into their square carry pictures of the countrys top shia cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani. The hushed initially backed iraqs government against the protests but switched to supporting the rallies after an intervention by grand ayatollah sistani. Just hours before the shootings the United States imposed sanctions on 3 leaders that xabi which is backed by iran. Were not meddling in iraq in all attacks we support iraqi sovereignty and part of this is a demonstration of our support for iraq itself during friday prayers just on his representative read a letter from the highest shia cleric in iraq calling on Iraqi Security to protect the peaceful protests and he stressed the need to form a new government without foreign interference amid the chaos after the shooting this protester asked where are the tribal elders or the religious authority to stop this madness many here in iraq continue to ask when or if they will be able to rely on their leaders to restore calm i for over 2 months demonstrators in cities across the country have been demanding for a change in the countrys electoral laws and an overhaul of the entire political system more than 4. A 100 people have been killed and thousands injured and in suing violence Prime MinisterAbdullah Abdullah met the resigned last week but remains in a caretaker role a replacement is yet to be announced while the political wrangling goes on ordinary iraqis continue to pay the price with their lives. And also joins us live from Tahrir Square in dorset developments as we go on air with the news what else do we know. Weve just heard from various sources from the largest political bloc within parliament that there has been an attempt on the. Life of the cleric shia cleric several souther his compound in the holy city of najaf was apparently attacked by an armed drone overnight in that city you know we dont know if there were any injuries or casualties. In that compound and we dont know who could have been responsible for that attack but we have heard from various sources saying that there was an attempt on his life that is most other souther this shia cleric. Not just now this happened after many of those demonstrators who were attacked just behind me here. In the square overnight they were demanding protection from Government Forces and there were no there was no Government Security to protect these protesters and that is when most other us other called on has military wing of his party to come to the rescue of these protesters that is what theyve been telling various other and Media Outlets that they tried to rescue it to help the demonstrators and they lost many in that gunfight and now were hearing that there was an attempt by a car and thrown on the other compound in the holy city of najaf. For the moment thanks very much lets bring in zain. Hes here hes a researcher focusing on identity politics in iraq and the middle east. Will get into the drone attack his use in a moment but 1st as to the shootings last night and overnight what do they mean well the shootings that happened recently just reflects how the government is very desperate to switch this protest movement from a peaceful revolution to an armed rebellion coming from the. Protester aside the protesters for the past months have been very clear and straightforward regarding the continue to continue the civil disobedience to continue the peaceful element of the revolution and not to lead the country into a civil war before there were 2 actual events 2 events that actually happened before the recent shootings they sent actually some militias covered militias again. For the past i think 48 hours ago who stabbed some of the protests there is an alumna square in other areas and brother died to try to label it as an attack or a dispute that happened amongst the protests there is received very little attention and of course no one from the media on the ground or internationally believed it and thats why theyre trying to use different tactics to transform this revolution into a violent or an r. And dispute internally the attack that is happening or not at the southern is a way to pull him in into this protest movement and allow him to to be viewed or considered as the spiritual leader of this protest movement and the government and the militias or the pro uranium militias in iraq are very aware that this is one of the main things that the protests there is where again since the early stages of the revolution they refused having any of the old faces whether they are in the government or in the ethnic sectarian kota which most of the southern was himself a part of since the early stages of the invasion so they are trying to use every single political and strategic tactic to break up the protest movement to weaken it and to make it to turn it into a political issue amongst different parties instead of an issue of people calling for their rights and a better country against the government and its militias how do you think it will react to this because clearly one of the key questions that the demonstrators have been asking over the past several weeks is is there an axis between. The star me because in the run up to the Prime Minister saying ok i will go and then he in and. In predictable ways said i will tender my resignation to the parliament not to the president so that kind of puts up a little bit of a red flag of oh were in uncharted territory here people have been asking is there an axis between those 2 men there is nothing of the axis between those 2 men there is an axis between every single political faction in iraq whether its internally within each sectarian group or even amongst them there is even axis between the kurdish leaders and the socalled sunni and shia leaders so there is definitely access and a strong platform where. A faction and the process address faction can communicate with each other there is even there is even a stronger communication platform between iran and the sudras faction despite the sudras faction claiming to be anti iran and more in favor of only iraqi interests you could only know the upcoming actions of other depending on whatever the interests of his faction would be on the streets today if he feels like that he could survive with cooperating with the protest Movement Today and survive without any support from the process than a faction in this case or without iran or without the support of other political factions in the parliament or outside the parliament then he would go for it if he feels like he is not if hes not powerful enough to be with them and to face the future of iraqi politics after that then he might not take it despite his anti iran sentiment that has been going on for years we saw his visit to iran a few weeks ago and i just shows that he plays along whatever. Interest goes towards his own faction in iraqi politics ok when it comes to his relationship with iran and what he says about iran so many of the protesters that weve been talking to here on aljazeera they want iranian influence iranian proxies out of the real picture of iraq and also out of the political picture. How likely is that because the politicians dont seem to either want to or that they dont seem to be capable of delivering on what the protestors are you the voters iraqis want its not about what the politicians are capable of its what the politician want the iranian government today is the major regional proxy player that supports the ethnic sectarian kotor in iraq yes it is very true that the Ukrainian Government didnt establish that i think it was the us led invasion the that in the early stages of the invasion starting from 2003 but it is a Regional Power players and in particular it the iranian government that played a major role in maintaining that that ethnic sectarian quota in iraq whether it be through the Political Parties in iraq or even through other kurdish and sunni Political Parties that had great common interest with the reigning government the reigning government today has a major influence over Iraqi Society over iraqi politics over iraqi economics iraq which which is a country rich of Natural Resources is not capable of selling its own foods and vegetables in the iraqi market they are in one way or another pressured to buy the iranian products and sell it on the streets. Ok we have to leave it there is it on all can only thank you thank you very much. Ok more on one of our big stories in india a rape victim who was doused in petrol and set on fire has now died of her injuries the 23 year old was attacked on thursday whilst on her way to court to give evidence against her alleged assailants she told the police 5 men beat and stabbed her before setting on fire in the Northern State it will top pradesh families demanding similar treatment for her attackers as the accused in another high profile rape case well 4 suspects accused of rape and murder in hyderabad were shot dead by the police on friday a court has directed the police to preserve the bodies in order to properly investigate the killings the Police Shooting is being condemned by human rights activists but praised by many people across india live now to new delhi and our correspondent shall border and shell generally speaking is the public reaction sort of maintaining that timber of anger that we became aware of yesterday. Well yes it is speed people are very angry there are several protests that have been organized in several cities across the country have you seen the similar similar protests back in december 2012 when a girl was raped in a bus and then later she died of her injuries then the government had made the law most stringent but now the people are demanding an even more stringent law and even the family of the girl is saying that all the accused must be hanged and that must be done quickly that reflects how people have sort of lost faith in the Justice System there been many delays back then the government has said that many fast track courts would be set up the justice is done quickly somewhat but not as many as promised and certainly not as many would need it but peter now the scary part is that the conversation has moved from following the legal procedure to obtain justice to justice anyhow and that comes in the killings of the 4 accused in hyderabad by the police many people including even the family of the girl who died last night the family from with the police there saying that either you hang the accused and do it quickly or even if the police shoot them down that fine with us and that is what is worrying many human rights activists because once that starts once that is public sanction for police to go out and kill people then where does that stop that doesnt sound like justice that sounds like vigilanteism. Well yes but there are many people who are now supporting it and thats what has many even womens rights activists were radar many of the parliamentarian speech have also spoken about it and most of them including women parliamentarians are not only supporting Capital Punishment but all saw or backing what happened in hyderabad so what we are now witnessing some of the activists and analysts have been speaking to they say is sort of a public sanction for Police Action so you go the shoot down the accused that would be accepted by people because theyre frustrated because of that. The delays in Justice System but then whos going to stop the police and that is what has many people here worried so many questions few ounces at the moment multiple multiple inquiries at what point do we think we will get to those questions. Well thats a very very significant question peterboro i think anyone has an answer to that the Indian Government can come up with an even more stringent laws many parliamentarians are saying that they must be Capital Punishment but activist legal experts say that has not proved to deter rape that has not proved to deduct crime against women but the bigger question really here is how do we deal with it as a societal problem now what is the governments plan as far as that is concerned experts say that even this government which is of course now many of its parliamentarians are saying that they must be a hotshot law many parliamentarian some cells have been accused of harassing women no word on them how do you deal with the truckie what is the governments policy in many states ruled by the cover current government or any other government between are pretty hopeful norms are all the way to be and women are stigmatized so how does this government or any government plan on dealing with that issue are they going to let go or ward Bank Politics because thats i would but politics is run are they going to stand up and speak to the men or whoever in these case of course men are also victims of Sexual Violence not to say thats not the case but how do they intend to deal with this as a societal problem no one on that no thoughts no ideas that. Will return to this story im sure in the coming days here on the news that in the meantime many thanks a lot more still to come for you here on aljazeera including a Saudi Air Force officer training as a u. S. Naval base. 3 classmates. A changing climate subjecting the half a 1000000000. 00 fishing industry in maine in the states and in the sports news tiger woods is making a move. Up the leaderboard at his latest one. The. Taliban and u. S. Negotiators have resumed talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan the u. S. Delegation says renewed discussions in cattle will focus on the reduction of violence that leads to intra afghan negotiations and a ceasefire in September Donald trump abruptly stopped talks just as both sides appeared close to signing a deal thousands of afghan workers and refugees are leaving iran each week because of the dire Economic Situation caused by u. S. Sanctions for some afghans the desperation for work now outweighs the dangers they once ran away from Tony Berkeley reports now from the islam colored Border Crossing between iran and afghanistan. Getting a job in iran provided a lifeline for many afghans crossing the border was both and a skate from fighting between taliban and Government Forces as well as from u. S. Airstrikes but the afghans couldnt escape the u. S. Sanctions which have crippled the iranian economy many have left because of hyperinflation. Prices for food have doubled and its hard for us to find the jobs its hard living in iran because our wages lost so much value in the price of basic things increased a lot and its difficult to survive here. At the iran afghanistan Border Crossing point at islam color really 500000 afghans are returned so far this year adding further to the overstretched resources of aid organizations coping with the countrys internally displaced one point it was an estimated 3000000. 00 afghans in iran half of them illegally those who are caught without identification documents are deported even unaccompanied children. They denied. A pension for your families and for you this stuff they did 40 of. Them in our area and you are an economist trying. Those without papers could be treated harshly. The police hit me with an electric rod and i fell into a ditch i was not able to move my leg but there are no jobs in afghanistan so i will try and go back when my leg is better but can ali is one of the desperate he is heading to iran even though times there are hard but he is the sole bread winner for 12 family members and something is better than nothing. Really going to the bone is like a bit habit i know it is expensive in iran but if i understand it is hardly any job. Only a few dollars a day thats not enough prominent family afghans are having to make stark and often life changing choices. Afghans may have been suffering economically but at least they were safe in iran theyre now returning to a country that is dangerous and highly unpredictable and once again their futures are far from certain tony berty out a 0 islam call a Border Crossing between iran and afghanistan. The king of saudi arabia has offered his condolences to the victims of a shooting at a naval base in the United States a force officer on a Training Course killed 3 fellow students in florida before he was shot dead by sheriffs there detectives are investigating the motive mike hanna is in washington. Naval air station pensacola was immediately placed in a state of lockdown as were the surrounding neighborhoods where many of the 16000 personnel at the base live along with some 7000 civilian