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At Least 23 Killed as Iraq Cracks Down on Huge Protests -- News from Antiwar.com

At Least 23 Killed as Iraq Cracks Down on Huge Protests -- News from Antiwar.com: "It is noteworthy that the Obama Administration has been entirely mum on the Iraqi crackdown, particularly as the US still has some 50,000 troops in Iraq to back up the Maliki-led regime. One can at least be relieved that the US troops were not directly involved in any of today’s crackdowns, but if the protests in Iraq continue to escalate as they have elsewhere in the region, one wonders how long it will be before the regime requests their help in “controlling” the upsurge of pro-democracy protesters.

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