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Iraq special forces deploy to Basra to restore security after protests

(10 Sep 2018) Iraqi special forces were on patrol in Basra on Monday to restore security after a week of angry protests over poor public services and soaring unemployment. Iraq's embattled prime minister Haider al-Abadi, who arrived in the southern city earlier in the day, is under pressure to resign, as Basra convulses with the worst unrest it has seen in years. Al-Abadi, who took office in September 2014, a few months after the Islamic State onslaught in northern and western Iraq, is widely blamed for the use of excessive force against the protesters, and poor performance regarding public services. Oil-rich Basra and other cities in Iraq's southern Shiite heartland have been protesting since July over endemic corruption, soaring joblessness and poor public services. Protesters and security forces members have been killed in confrontations when protesters damaged and burned government offices and attacked security forces with stones and Molotov cocktails. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...