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Basra protests build in Iraq as substandard services persist

As summer arrives in Iraq, a new wave of demonstrations is beginning in the south, possibly jeopardizing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's government.

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Iraqi followers of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wave national flags and raise protest signs as they demonstrate in the southern city of Basra, Iraq, May 24, 2019. — HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP/Getty Images

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