Latest developments in Iraq:
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Two political parties that led demonstrations in Baghdad over the past two weeks said Monday that security forces controlled by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki had ordered them to close their offices.
The actions, which the government said were merely evictions, came amid growing concerns that Mr. Maliki’s American-backed government is using force and other measures to stifle dissent in this fragile democracy, where tens of thousands of demonstrators have seized on the upheaval sweeping the Arab world to rally for government reforms and better services...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/wo....html?_r=2&hpw
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SO now its not just journalists being harassed, intimidated, threatened, detained, and physically assaulted by security forces attached to government institutions, but its the government attempting to shut down opposition parties.
These are not economic issues.