The protesters want services-they want education, water and electricity. Iraqis are coming together in droves, in main squares in Baghdad and Basra, to call upon their politicians to stop quarreling and quibbling. ![]() The slogans they are shouting and the placards they are raising call out “Sectarianism is Dead” and “Stop Stealing from Us in the Name of Religion” By the tens of thousands, sometimes even by the hundreds of thousands, they have gathered united, as one voice, in protest over the current divisive situation. And yet, despite the conflict, every Friday over the past few weeks Shiites and Sunnis in Iraqi cities have come together in major squares throughout the country.
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