Video: Thousands of Iraqis protest on anniversary of 2003 invasion The country's five year economic development plan, which aims to create 3 to 4 million new jobs by 2014, has also done little to ease concerns. One demonstrator from Baghdad said, "people are suffering from hunger, no food rations and no good services." The MPs are worrying about their positions. They are not taking care of the people, of the poor who have no food and drink," he added.