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Weekly rallies in Baghdad are meant to pressure Iraq’s political leadership, Reuters
Sadrists Take Hammers Instead of Roses to Protests in Baghdad
Baghdad- London- In a sudden reboot of the demonstrations, protestors once again clustered at the Liberation Square, Baghdad. Demonstrators attempted to crossover into the Green Zone, breaking through concrete barriers. An eyewitness at the location said that over...Caption:
Residents gather at the site suicide car attack at a market in Khan Bani Saad, northeast of Baghdad © Ahmed Saad / Reuters
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Twin Bombing in Baghdad
An explosion at an outdoor market on Sunday in Sadr City, a southern suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, leaving at least 30 people dead and 60 injured, officials said. ISIS militants claim the attack in a statement circulated online. A police officer reported a bomb...Caption:
Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)
Sadr calls for curbs on armed group
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Sadr Movement leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, has reiterated his demand for the Iraqi government to curtail the activities of armed militias in Baghdad. The controversial cleric called on the residents of Al-Kazimiyah district and his supporters...Caption:
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony to mark Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s birth in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)