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– Iraqi security forces used tear gas and live bullets to disperse protesters in Basra (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News September 6, 2018

The casualty toll in Basra has "reached 68 injured, including 41 civilians and 27 members of the security forces, with five dead demonstrators."
Source: MEDIA FEED

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