don't remember why the sectarian system even exists and they don't really identify with it anymore and so there's no emotional attachment to having their government divided like that and they're out on the street trying to sort out through something that they would like to do is just throw a big party. abraham thanks so much for that. lebanon isn't the only arab country facing massive protests iraq seeing calls for the government to step down from have lit fires and block roads in the capital baghdad more than $250.00 people have died in antigovernment protests in the last month the demonstrators want to change the political order which they save corrupt and has failed to deliver basic services. now to some of the other stories making news around the world hong kong riot police have searched a shopping center clashing with protesters and making several arrests it comes a day after demonstrators set fire to street barricades in metro stations police