Iraq suppresses internet, sends security forces to crush protesters
With a media blackout and the government trying to cut off internet and social media use, the chaos unfolding in Baghdad last night and over the last forty-eight hours has been largely obscured.
Demonstrators gesture at a protest over unemployment, corruption and poor public services, in Baghdad, Iraq October 2, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN