BAGHDAD: Iraq’s embattled premier announced Friday (Saturday in Manila) he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country’s top cleric, as renewed violence added to a soaring death toll in two months of anti-government protests.
OUT OF HAND Iraqi anti-government protesters carry away an injured comrade amidst clashes with security forces by the capital Baghdad’s Rasheed street near al-Ahrar bridge. The country’s prime minister Adel Abdel Mahdi has vowed he would resign to simmer the tension in Iraq. AFP PHOTO