Baghdad's Death Toll Tops 60 After Two Days Of Protests

Al Jazeera: Hundreds continue protests in Baghdad as death toll tops 60

PM Abdul Mahdi orders special unit's deployment amid rising death toll in latest protests that started on Friday.

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have remained in Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on Sunday, defying a bloody crackdown that killed at least 60 people over the weekend and an overnight raid by security forces seeking to disperse them.

Demonstrators continued to gather in the capital despite a rapidly rising death toll, with 63 killed according to a tally by the semi-official Iraq High Commission for Human Rights.

"We're here to bring down the whole government, to weed them all out!" one protester, with the Iraqi tricolour wrapped around his head, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.

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More News On The Unrest In Iraq

‘They are worse than Saddam’: Iraqis take to streets to topple regime -- The Guardian
Iraq protest death toll reaches 67 over weekend as government sends in elite forces -- Euronews/Reuters
Thousands of Iraqis defy government crackdown in Baghdad's Tahrir Square -- National Interest
Iraqi PM Sends Counter-Terror Force To Put Down Street Protests -- RFE
Iraq deploys counter-terrorism forces to protect Baghdad buildings -- Euronews/Reuters

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