Protesters in Baghdad threaten to destroy Green Zone walls

29-04-2016
Rudaw
Tags: Baghdad Shiite cleric
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Anti-corruption protesters gathered in Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital on Friday demanded reforms and vowed to destroy the walls of Green Zone, Rudaw's correspondent reported. 
 
Rudaw's Bahman Hassan said that the number of protesters is rising and they say that if government does not institute reforms, they will destroy the walls of the Green Zone.
 
"The Green Zone is guarded by dozens of security forces, equipped with heavy weapons, situated inside the Green Zone on order of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi," Hassan reported.
 
Baghdad’s Green Zone is a heavily fortified 10 square kilometer area of the city where government and international institutions and bodies are located.

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