Iraq Students Protest Having Saturday Off

[Sandpiper]

Chalk this up in the well intentioned, but poorly planned category


Iraq Students Protest Having Saturday Off

Sat Feb 26, 3:46 PM ET Middle East - AP


By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis are complaining about their first-ever weekend break, and some high-school students even went to class Saturday to protest a decision introducing a second weekly day off that coincides with the Jewish Sabbath.

It's not that the Iraqis do not want time off — they just want the extra day moved to Thursday.

"We don't want Saturday! It's a Jewish holiday!" students chanted as they marched in protest last week to the governor's office in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

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