Hundreds of protesters broke into the parliament building in Baghdad on Saturday, smashing furniture, venting anger at lawmakers eating chocolates while the people starve and detaining at least one lawmaker.<br />“We are sick of problems, we are sick of this parliament and the failed government,” one of the protesters inside the parliament told Rudaw, amid scenes of mayhem.<br />“People have nothing to eat.<br />The lawmakers are sitting here eating chocolates and mocking our pain,” said another protester, pointing to chocolates left on desks inside the legislature.<br />Hundreds stormed the legislature, as the Shiite cleric behind the demonstrations warned he could bring down the Iraqi government.<br />Despite tight security, a car bomb killed 20 and wounded 18 others in the city earlier Saturday.
