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Iraq crisis: Protesters storm Baghdad's Green Zone again | |
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Security forces in Iraq have fired tear gas and live bullets at Shia Muslim protesters storming Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone for the second time this month. | |
Several people were reportedly injured. | |
The demonstrators, mostly supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr, are angry at delays in tackling corruption and failures to provide security. | |
Reports say some protesters have stormed the office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. | |
A curfew on Baghdad has been announced until further notice, state TV reports. | |
The protesters accuse the government of neglecting much-needed reforms, as it struggles with its campaign against the so-called Islamic State group and declining oil revenues. | |
Earlier this month, hundreds of demonstrators knocked down concrete blast walls and broke into the parliament building. |