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2011 .. In demonstrations and withdrawal
On: Sat 31/12/2011 7:03
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is the right title in 2011 the "Year of the demonstrations, and withdraw," being the most prominent events in the country that have characterized this year. Valtzepehrt launched an unprecedented way in Tahrir Square in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, in protest against poor services and the demand for political reform
And accountability of corrupt ministers, and the end of the year withdrawal of the last of the troops from Iraq.
saw on February 25 launch of the largest campaign of demonstrations in Iraq dropped the governor of Basra, the governor of Kut, while demonstrators in Baghdad to a direct assault by the security services; which left four dead and several wounded . Campaign events lasting more than two weeks before announcing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in March granting officials deadline (100 days) to improve services in their cities, but the deadline ended without results.
Besides witnessed in 2011 a group of political events, security, and economic which reflected the reality disturbed the country.
year, there now began the government of incomplete ago ministers of security, and escalated political tensions later, to prevent its completion. political differences and reached a peak, and has divided some of the blocks against the backdrop of conflicting attitudes of the formation of the government, and political participation. In March, announced last nine deputies in the Iraqi bloc, led by Iyad Allawi for their separation and composition of the new block, which they called "Iraqi" White, headed by MP Hassan top. There was a similar split in the ranks of the Iraqi National Coalition, and the Islamic Supreme Council decided to split the Badr Organization announced it in October during the celebration of the anniversary 29 of its foundation, but he postponed the announcement of the issue later. Ammar al-Hakim, announced a name change of the mass of the Iraqi National Coalition to block citizen last August, the Iraqi parliament approved the month in 12 of the same law the rights of journalists, who faced major objections by those who advocate the rights of journalists and freedom of expression. On 15 December was lowered the American flag ceremony formally marked the end of nearly 9 years of U.S. presence in Iraq, followed by two days after the announcement by President Barack Obama, the end of the mission of U.S. forces and NATO official in Iraq.
the political crisis in Iraq, erupted again on 22 December the second to reveal the problems existing between the political leaders the issuance of an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, on charges of financing terrorist operations and incitement.
the security situation in the country were not in isolation from the political, where he witnessed in Iraq in 2011 a series of bombings and attacks that killed Hundreds of dead and wounded. In a January 18 suicide attack on a recruitment center in the province of Tikrit, which left 50 people dead and 150 wounded, and two days later fell the same number of deaths in a series of attacks in various parts of the country, including 45 dead in double bombing in the city of Karbala during the performance of religious rituals .
. On 28 January, killing 53 people in a series of attacks across Baghdad, including 48 who died in a bomb blast Council consolation.
February saw is also the occurrence of a suicide attack on a bus carrying pilgrims, near Samarra, which left 33 victims, and in March 29 killed 58 people and wounded 97 in a series of attacks by insurgents loyal to al-Qaeda against the local government offices in Tikrit.
passed last April without causing a major security, but the attacks returned again in May 5, where 24 police were killed in a car bomb explosion near the a police station in Hilla south of Baghdad, and the adoption of the "Islamic State of Iraq" attack later.
In 19 of the same month, there were three attacks in the city of Kirkuk, which killed 29 people, mostly policemen. The month of June witnessed the occurrence of three attacks big, I was by two explosions on the third day of the month, targeting a mosque downtown Tikrit, and the hospital where the victims of the bombing of the mosque, leaving 24 victims. The second attack fell on June 21, targeted the province of Diwaniyah, where he entered the suicide bombers to the area and brought down 26 victims, most of them police officers, while the left three attacks in Baghdad on 23 of this month that left 24 victims.
July saw two suicide bombers, occurred north of Baghdad on the fifth of the month, which killed 35 people, and on 15 August and signed a series of security incidents that targeted a number of cities and caused 74 casualties, and injuring more than 230 people, and the majority of the victims from the city of Kut, which was signed by the two suicide blasts. On 28 August killed 28 people, including a deputy in Parliament, in a suicide attack on a major mosque in Baghdad, and pointed fingers at the time of al Qaeda.
the problems on the administrative border between the cities of Karbala and Anbar, deepened further following an armed attack on September 12, visitors to 22 were killed while crossing the Anbar province on their way from Karbala to Syria. On 27 October killed 32 victims and wounded 71 others in the explosion of two bombs on the side of the road north of Baghdad.
Despite the relative calm in the security aspect in the month of November, but the attacks returned to the target group of visitors on 5 December and dropped the 29 victims were preparing to revive the ceremony of Ashura. security events rolled abruptly after the political crisis after the issuance of an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, Baghdad has seen a series of coordinated attacks in the January 22 left 57 dead and 176 wounded, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Health. On 27 December, continued security operations fall of the seven dead and 30 wounded in a suicide bombing targeted the Interior Ministry, and declared "Islamic State of Iraq" at the same time responsibility for a series of bombings in Baghdad, which is termed "the battle on Thursday."
Iraqis and called in 2011 to all its events. political, security, economic, and look into the concern sometimes, and sometimes reassuring to the birthday of the new store for them with new events will not be able to predict them before they occur.
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