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Iraq Protests: Tear Gas Fired As Demonstrators Block Roads Over Massive Power Blackouts | WATCH
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3:58Now PlayingClashes erupted in Kut, the capital of Iraq's Wasit governorate, as security forces fired tear gas and protesters set tyres ablaze to block major roads during widespread demonstrations over crippling summer electricity shortages. Local residents, protesting amid sweltering temperatures, demanded guaranteed power allocations from the national grid, noting that despite hosting the 2,540-megawatt Zubaidiya thermal power station, the governorate faces chronic blackouts. The unrest highlights Iraq's deepening energy crisis, where current national electricity generation covers barely one-third of the country's estimated 60,000-megawatt summer demand, fueling growing public anger over infrastructure failures, unemployment, and public service collapse across southern governorates.
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