Iraqi protesters who stormed into Baghdad’s protected Green Zone were fired on by security forces.<br /><br /> Claims by eyewitnesses were confirmed by the military, according to an announcement on state television.<br /><br /> Dozens of people were injured from tear gas and live fire, the witnesses said.<br /><br /> ‘‘They (the security troops) fired teargas bombs against us. It is something bad. They even shoot us with bullets. They used stun grenades,’‘ said Jabir Awad, one of the protesters.<br /><br /> The protesters included supporters of the influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. He backed the demonstrators and issued a statement cursing the government.<br /><br /> It imposed an unlimited curfew in response to the violence. The Green Zone houses parliament, government buildings and many foreign embassies.<br /><br /> A flash on state television said the military had regained “complete control” after security forces opened fire.<br /><br /> The protesters, angry at parliament’s failure to approve a non-political cabinet as part of an anti-corr
