(Mosaic Video Alert: April 22, 2011) Iraqis demonstrated in Mosul City's Ahrar Square or Square of the Free for the ninth consecutive day to demand "the unconditional departure of occupation forces from Iraq" and the release of detainees. In Sulaymaniyah province's Hurriya or Freedom Square, protesters demanded that the government and parliament be dissolved and asked for political reform. Al Iraqiya reports:

(Associated Press: 30 January, 2011) Thousands of protesters defied an evening curfew in Cairo on Saturday, and police opened fire at a funeral procession for a dead protester. Later looting and arson continued overnight as the police disappeared from the streets of the capital.