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#BREAKING
Oct 3 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Third day of protests despite state curfew.
Demonstrators, protesting corruption & #Iran's meddling, are in the streets leading to the city's Tahrir Square.
Reports indicate Tehran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) are opening fire on demonstrators.
#UPDATE
Iraqi protesters are saying #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) forces are in involved in the crackdown against demonstrations across the country.
Oct 3 - Baghdad, #Iraq
Demonstrators blocking the Sa'doon district.
#Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias opening fire on protesters.
Reports show death toll rising to 19, 10 overnight alone.
#BaghdadProtests
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#UPDATE - #Iraq
-Reuters: Explosions heard inside Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday after midnight (local time)
-Reports indicate a rocket attack, one landing near the Turkish Embassy
-Second rocket landing near the Al-Harithiya bridge
Oct 3 - Baghdad, #Iraq
-Iraqi PM Adil Abdul Mahdi declares state of emergency
-Iraqi officials dispatched a large number of heavily armed & equipped security units to the city's Tahrir Square
-Aside from Kurdistan in the north, much of Iraq is offline due to Internet crackdown
#UPDATE
-Complete curfew imposed in Baghdad starting 5 am Thursday, until further notice
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