Intense security deployment in Baghdad following the withdrawal of protesters from parliament

Events are accelerating in Baghdad, after thousands of followers of the Sadrist movement’s leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, stormed the heavily fortified Green Zone in the center of the capital, while the head of the Rule of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, he put in guard against the fighting, before ordering al-Sadr to order his supporters to withdraw.

Hundreds of al-Sadr supporters entered the Iraqi parliament building and special committee rooms, where they chanted slogans in support of al-Sadr and against the forces of the Iran-backed “coordination framework”.

The prime minister, commander in Chief of the armed forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, called on the demonstrators to join the peaceful demonstrations and immediately withdraw from the Green Zone.

Al-Kazemi stated in a statement: “We ask our children who protest to respect theirs paceto preserve public and private property and to follow the instructions of the security forces responsible for their protection in compliance with regulations and laws, and to withdraw from the Green Zone immediately. “

“The security forces will undertake to protect state institutions and international missions and to prevent any disruption of security and order,” he added.

Al-Sadr called on his supporters to withdraw and said it was a message to the corrupt.

Al-Sadr stated in a statement: “A revolution of reform and rejection of oppression and corruption. Your message has arrived, dear friends. You have terrified the corrupt. A pitcher of ears, pray two units of prayer and make promises to your homes in safety .”

As the crowd of protesters in the Iraqi parliament wandered its corridors, the forces of the “coordination framework” issued a statement accusing the Sadist movement of creating chaos.

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