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I think Iraq and Chile are near civil war. (Original Post) roamer65 Nov 2019 OP
More than 260 killed in Iraq moondust Nov 2019 #1
BushCo, hard at work. That ruling elite, and the unemployed generation that's mad at them? Volaris Nov 2019 #2
Yep malaise Nov 2019 #6
Saudis and Turks may be destabilizing Iraq TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #3
Very true. roamer65 Nov 2019 #4
you can't destabilized what's already unstable. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #8
Can you imagine the PDB for these two items? Ilsa Nov 2019 #5
It would hafta be all in pictures. roamer65 Nov 2019 #7

moondust

(19,979 posts)
1. More than 260 killed in Iraq
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:06 AM
Nov 2019

since October 1.

Protesters, mostly unemployed youths, blame a political elite that has ruled Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003, and demand a complete overhaul of the political system.

http://news.yahoo.com/6-iraqi-forces-kill-10-213307685.html

Volaris

(10,270 posts)
2. BushCo, hard at work. That ruling elite, and the unemployed generation that's mad at them?
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:20 AM
Nov 2019

Thanks, L.PaulBremmer. You FUCKING INCOMPETENT.

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
3. Saudis and Turks may be destabilizing Iraq
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 12:32 AM
Nov 2019

Current government is pro-Iranian and destabilizing trouble in Iraq would give an excuse for Erdogan to invade the Kurdish areas of Iraq.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
5. Can you imagine the PDB for these two items?
Fri Nov 8, 2019, 07:29 AM
Nov 2019

It would have to be on sparate days because two nations each on the brink of civil war is too much for trump to think about.

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