Iraqis are seizing on Egypt's unrest to protest what they decision corruption in their own security forces, rampant unemployment and scant electricity and water provide.

There are tiny scattered demonstrations across the capital as Sunni and Shiite clerics warned in Friday prayers that poverty, oppression and corruption might spark similar uprisings in Iraq.

Sunni Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abdul-Jabar urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to go away workplace peacefully and "leave the folks to make a decision their destiny."

In the Shiite holy town of Karbala, a prime representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said governments across the Mideast should learn the teachings of Egypt and Tunisia or be ready to face unrest at home.