Iraqi authorities braced for a fresh round of violent protests Wednesday after security forces killed six demonstrators over the last two days during angry marches in the southern city of Basra over government corruption and a lack of basic services. The spasm of violence has raised calls for solidarity protests throughout the country, as activists seek to revive a campaign that began in early July over spotty electricity, undrinkable water, unemployment and frustrations with a political system that has failed to name a new government nearly four months after national elections. The halting political transition has drawn the United States and Iran further into the unpredictable horse-trading that has prevented any clear winner from emerging, paralyzing a freshly minted parliament just […]