Reflections on the Demonstrations in Iraq

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Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Sunni and Shia alike, have been taking to the streets in cities across Iraq to protest their country’s failed political system and its rampant corruption. Although the demonstrations in Iraq have been going on for weeks, they are finally getting some coverage in western media. The issues at stake in these protests and the government’s responses to them are complex and there is a lot to say, but for this post I will focus on one aspect of these protests that I think is important for Americans to understand: sectarianism or, more accurately, the lack of it.

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