"... growing concerns that Mr. Maliki’s American-backed government is using force and other measures to stifle dissent in this fragile democracy, where tens of thousands of demonstrators have seized on the upheaval sweeping the Arab world to rally for government reforms and better services.
Officials for the Iraqi Nation Party and the Iraqi Communist Party said in interviews that dozens of armed security forces had come to their offices here Sunday, two days after another round of demonstrations." Ny Times
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"The Iraqi Communist Party..." Well, Maliki and Saddam had this in common. The only place in Iraq for the "Shuyu'iyiin" is prison. Ironically, the "Iraqi Nation Party" is much favored by the neocons. pl
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/world/middleeast/08iraq.html