IRAQ PUTS SECURITY FORCES ON HIGH ALERT ON SIXTH DAY OF PROTESTS

IRAQ PUTS SECURITY FORCES ON HIGH ALERT ON SIXTH DAY OF PROTESTS. Iraqi riot police prevent protesters from storming the provincial council building during a demonstration in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis demanding better public services and jobs took to the streets again in the southern oil-rich province of Basra, as authorities put security forces on high alert and blocked internet on the sixth day of protests in the country's Shiite heartland. Photo courtesy Agencies