Iraqi Protesters Defiant as Clashes Intensify

Since Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr withdrew his support for anti-government protests last week, security forces and protesters have been clashing daily across southern Iraq. The clashes are the latest escalation in a spate of protests over poverty, unemployment, corruption and foreign intervention. As VOA’s Heather Murdock and Halan Akoy report from Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, a rising death toll has made protesters only more determined to fight