IRAQ - BAGHDAD - PROTESTS Stock Image

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IRAQ, Baghdad: A large group of demonstrators gathered in Baghdad holding signs and banners against government pay cuts on December 29, 2015.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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