Iraqis protest over unpaid wages

They carried a banner denouncing unpaid wages amid anti-US slogans. The protesting group demanded to be paid as state employees. "In Saddam-era nearly 12,000 employees were working in Republic Palace but now all of them are unemployed," told Ibrahim Zobai, an agriculture employee who worked for Republic Palace when Saddam was ruling the country. "Let’s US find a solution for our financial problem.," said another protestor Intisar Mohammed.