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Maliki Supporters March in Baghdad

Description:These demonstrators, numbering in the thousands, are supporting Shia Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Saturday, and they are responding to ongoing Sunni protests. Three weeks of Sunni protests started in December after the Finance Minister Rafaie al-Esawi's bodyguards and staff were detained on terrorism charges. Sunni leaders saw this as a crackdown on their sect, and say the Shia-led government has marginalized their minority community. (1:06)

Source: Reuters

Tags: reuters , nuri al-maliki , Rafaie al-Esawi