Al-Sadr's followers start sit-in in Iraqi parliament as opponents prepare for counter-protest
STORY: Al-Sadr's followers start sit-in in Iraqi parliament as opponents prepare for counter-protest
DATELINE: July 31, 2022
LENGTH: 0:02:04
LOCATION: Baghdad
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of protests by followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr started on Saturday an open sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament building in central Baghdad, while his political opponents called on their supporters to prepare for a counter-protest.
"The people choose the open sit-in in the parliament," Ibrahim al-Jaberi, head of al-Sadr's office, wrote on his Facebook page.
Earlier in the day, hundreds of al-Sadr's followers broke into the Green Zone, which houses the main government headquarters, residencies of some top political leaders and some foreign embassies, and entered the Iraqi parliament building for the second time in three days.
A statement by the Iraqi Health Ministry said up to 100 people and 25 security personnel we
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