IRAQ - BAGHDAD - PROTESTS Stock Image

by newzulu

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IRAQ, Baghdad: Protesters sit in the road during a demonstration on December 29, 2015, in Baghdad over government pay cuts. The ongoing war with ISIS has hit the country's oil prices and caused a severe financial crisis in the nation. The cuts are another hit to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's government, which has also come under fire for corruption.(PLEASE NOTE THE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DECEMBER 29, 2015. THE CONTRIBUTORS CAMERA IS SET TO THE INCORRECT DATE.)

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• Newzulu
• Citizenside
• Methaq Al Fayyadh
• iraq
• baghdad
• pay cuts
• protest
• demonstration
• protest
• finance minstry
• employee wages
• employees