#Iraq dismantles anti-government #protest_site
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An armed Iraqi man stands guard as people gather to protest near the home of arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on December 29, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Azhar Shallal)
Police were on Monday dismantling Iraq’s main anti-government protest site, which Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has termed a “headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda,” Iraqiya state TV said. “Local police are removing the tents from the protest site in Anbar” province, Iraqiya said in a text alert that was followed by another saying the move came after an agreement between security forces, religious leaders and tribal sheikhs. read (...)