Tuesday's rally began peacefully with more than 1,000 people marching into central Tahrir Square, when the police started throwing stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the protesters. Some of the demonstrators suffered breathing problems.
Local sources said that at least three protesters were killed while the government said only one was killed and more than 200 others injured including 40 policemen.
The protesters said the government should be changed because of its failure to improve services and create jobs. Many chanted anti-regime slogans and held posters of a special forces general recently removed from his post.
The protesters included dozens of fresh university graduates who are unable to find jobs in the corruption-plagued but oil-rich country.
Mohammed Kadhim, a 27-year-old resident of Baghdad, said the current government is full of "empty promises and lies."
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