Attack by an identified gunman in iraqs capital which has killed at least 16 people is causing new security concerns the shootings happened at Kalani Square on friday more than 70 others were wounded iraqis are still awaiting news on their replacement Prime Minister which the top shia cleric says must be chosen without foreign interference. From back to. Panic among crowds as gunfire echoing around the square in central baghdad moments earlier gunmen had pulled up in cars and trucks at a building where protesters have based themselves since antigovernment rallies began in october medics struggle to treat the Dozens Injured theres been concerns that the rallies gathered around Tahrir Square could spiral into chaos. After supporters of hush the shah prepare a military coalition fly. Added the area on thursday in a show of force they arrived in their thousands and to hear square carrying pictures of the countrys top shiite cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani. The hashed initially backed
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Waiting 20 kilograms heavier than his title rival and just what saudi arabia is getting ready to host the middle east and the heavyweight championship fight. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and what appears to be a related event sources close to the prominent shia cleric. Say a drone has dropped a bomb on his home in jaffa his party says he wasnt there at the time he has been a backer of the antigovernment protests which have swept across the country. Lets get more now from correspondent dosage of body he joins us from baghdad door so as to what happened to those h
A 2nd great victim dies from being set on fire. Also ahead how Climate Change is wrecking a once thriving fishing industry on the u. S. East coast. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad has killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and a water pee has to be a related event there are reports that malta all solders home has been hit by a drone strike but this influential cleric is said to have been away at the time lets get more now from dorset. He joins us live from any more time. Place done and. Well we have seen footage over the past few hours that show a number of his supporters gathering outside this compound
In iraq there has been a dramatic escalation of violence in what has already been such a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment protest there was an attack by an identified gunman on protesters in baghdad that killed at least 23 people and raise new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night and 24 hours after that gunfire was again heard in baghdad sending people running for cover and in what looks like a related event there are reports one home was hit by a drone strike but the Influential Shiite cleric is said to have been away at the time is in baghdad and says the violence is likely to continue if no action is taken by the government. It certainly complicates things in an already very complicated country we heard from the president who has called this attack a cowardly act by criminals and we also know that there has been a call for parliament to hold an emergency session on sunday with various heads of security apparatuses in the