Storekeepers in Mosul protest army transgressions

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A number of storekeepers in Mosul have staged a sit-in, protesting what they described as army transgressions against them, a local source said on Saturday. “Those who participated in the sit-in have called for an end to their suffering,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. During their meeting with the Ninewa governor, Athil al-Nujaifi, the protestors have narrated incidents of physical and verbal assault on them by army personnel in the city, the source pointed out. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 2