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Do Iraqis reject their political system?

06/10/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Do Iraqis reject their political system?

Iraqi cabinet promises reforms but many want to end their current political system

As Iraqis in Baghdad hold funerals for the latest protesters killed in clashes with the security forces, the government has issued a series of planned reforms intended to defuse the growing crisis. But are Iraqis protesting against their entire political system?

Also in the programme: Pope Francis has opened a three week synod on the Amazon at the Vatican in which married priests might be on the agenda, and the British drummer and co-founder of the rock band, Cream, Ginger Baker, has died at the age of eighty.

(Photo: Demonstrators gather at a protest during a curfew, three days after the nationwide anti-government protests turned violent, in Baghdad, Iraq 4 October 2019. Credit: Reuters/Alaa al-Marjani)

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