Falih Hassan and Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times

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Does Iraq's new election law meet protesters' demands?

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Protesters carry a poster with defaced pictures of Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, left and Chairman of the Kurdish Democratic Party and former president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, with Arabic that reads, "we want an equitable election law, you are both included," in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019.

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