IRAQ: Babil residents protest poor services, demand official resignations

-Nearly 1,200 angry residents of Babil province, some 100km south of the capital, Baghdad, took to the streets on Wednesday to protest poor services and demand the resignation of several local officials. Last Saturday, a chlorine gas canister exploded at a water purification station in the Aufi district, poisoning more than 104 Babil residents, according to police Capt Muthana Khalid. Casualties reportedly included children, women and elderly living near the station.

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