Anti-Maliki protest close trade routes

Tens of thousands of Sunnis blocked Iraq's main trade route to neighbouring Syria and Jordan in a fourth day of demonstrations yesterday against Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki.

Tens of thousands of Sunnis blocked Iraq's main trade route to neighbouring Syria and Jordan in a fourth day of demonstrations yesterday against Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki. [2]

The massive show of force marks an escalation in protests that erupted last week [3] after troops detained the bodyguards of Sunni Finance Minister Rafaie Esawi, threatening to plunge Iraq deeper into political turmoil.

Protests against Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki have closed trade route to Jordan and Syria