an hour agoProtester in Iraq brings trained lion to resist police dogs
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)An Iraqi youth has found an interesting way to resist security forces that have suppressed antigovernmental protests. In response to reports that security forces will use dogs to support protesters, unnamed Iraqi took on a more frightening animal and was walking along the streets of his native country, [...]
An Iraqi youth has found an interesting way to resist security forces that have suppressed antigovernmental protests.
In response to reports that security forces will use dogs to hold protesters, unnamed Iraqi took on a more frightening animal and was walking in its native streets, in the Iraqi province of Babel, south of Baghdad, broadcast Telegrafi.
Photos and videos appeared on the internet showing the man walking with his lion, covered with the Iraqi flag.
Iraqi lions are of the kind of Asian species that are now a endangered species and can be found only in the state of Gujarat, India.
Lions are no longer native in Iraq, and the last known Iraqi native lion was killed in 1918 in the south.
Protests against the Iraqi government began on October 1st in response to rampant corruption, high levels of poverty and youth unemployment, poor public services and sectarianism.
? Protests in #Iral Bring a line to anti-govertion demonstration
It is believed that the life was brought to the protests to batle police K-9 dogs used by secret forces.
) EHA News (@eha news) November 15, 2019
Protests have been described as the biggest threat to the Iraqi government since the loss of Iraq's extremist Islamic State group in 2017.
More than 330 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured since the start of the protests, and human rights groups have condemned security forces for using deadly weapons and grenades.
