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The storming of the Iraqi republican palace recalls similar scenes from Sri Lanka, Yemen, and Libya

The storming of the Iraqi republican palace recalls similar scenes from Sri Lanka, Yemen, and Libya

Social media users react to events in Iraq, particularly the storming of the Republican Palace by protesters affiliated with the Sadrist movement. Scenes of protesters from the Sadrist movement storming the presidential palace building in Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, recalled previous storming of presidential palaces in Sri Lanka and, before that, Libya.

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