‘Al-Tahrir square’ demonstration begins in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Dozens of citizens began on Friday a demonstration in ‘al-Tahrir square’ in Baghdad, calling for better services and political reforms amid an intensified security deployment. “Security forces have placed concrete blocs on al-Joumhouriya bridge that leads to the Green Zone,” IraqiNews.com news agency correspondent said. Several provinces in Iraq witness massive demonstrations, calling for improving services and fighting administrative corruption and unemployment. Karbala lies 108 km south of Baghdad. SH (TP) 493