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For Iraq's Protesters, Victory Is Still Elusive
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - After more than a month of anti-government demonstrations, 300 Iraqis have been killed and more than 15,000 wounded are still hospitalized following weeks of shootings and beatings by national security forces and Shi'ite militias acting at Iran's behest. Every day, social media spread the news of more wounded civilians. An image of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, along with the caption "Throw Khamenei and Soleimani out of Iraq," has gained popularity on social media.