Glavin: Iraqis struggle to quell sectarian violence
Article content It was another sad milestone in the grim struggle Iraqi democrats have been waging, almost entirely alone, since the mass uprising of October, 2019. Two protesters were killed and at least two dozen were injured after thousands of protesters converged on Baghdad’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday from as far away as Karbala, Nassiriya, Basra and Najaf. It was one of the largest demonstrations since the 2019 uprising against corruption, unemployment and the depredations of the Iran-backed militias that former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi integrated into the Iraqi s...