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Iraqi Protesters Attack Iran Consulate in Karbala

Associated Press

   BAGHDAD - Dozens of Iraqi protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in
   the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, scaling the concrete
   barriers ringing the building, bringing down an Iranian flag and
   replacing it with the Iraqi flag, eyewitnesses said.

   Security forces fired in the air to disperse the protesters who threw
   stones and burned tires around the building on a street corner in
   Karbala south of Baghdad. There were no immediate reports of casualties
   in the incident, which comes amid ongoing protests in the capital
   Baghdad and majority-Shiite provinces in the south.

   They witnesses spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity
   because of security concerns.
   

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