Agencies: Two days of violence in Iraq have killed 125 people, 99 of them in clashes and attacks involving security forces, protesters and their supporters, officials said today.         

At least 268 people have been wounded, 194 of them in protest-related unrest, which prompted two Sunni ministers to\ quit and has sent tensions in the country soaring.         

The violence, which began with clashes at a protest site in northern Iraq after security forces moved in, is the deadliest so far linked to demonstrations that erupted in Sunni Muslim areas of the Shiite-majority country more than four months ago.         

The protesters have called for the resignation of ShiitePrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and railed against the alleged targeting of their community by the authorities.