"While the United States has sharply criticized the Libyan government for brutally cracking down on opposition protesters,
it has remained noticeably silent on the recent attacks against Iraqi dissidents. On Friday, tens of thousands of people participated in
Iraq’s largest protest in years. Although the protests were largely peaceful, authorities fired water cannons, sound bombs and
live bullets to disperse crowds as Iraqi army helicopters buzzed overhead, killing an estimated 29 people. Then on Sunday, U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces
detained about 300 people, including prominent journalists, artists and lawyers who had taken part in the rallies....."
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