Iraqi protesters pour into Green Zone, storm parliament

Sunday, May 1, 2016

BAGHDAD -- Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis that has simmered for months.

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