'Cancel your pensions, or we will cancel you' cry...

  • 11 years ago
Thousands have marched in the Iraqi city of Kerbala in a protest over benefits for politicians.

Lawmakers in the country can claim pensions of up to 80 per cent of salary, after just four years in parliament.

Most Iraqis suffer a lack of basic services.

In the port city of Basra, around a thousand people marched.

Protester Abdulqadir says he feels let down by the government:
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