Turkey- Iraq: Thousands of Sadr supporters stage Baghdad protests
Date
3/18/2016 6:50:00 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) >Thousands of supporters of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr held protests on Friday at the entrance of Baghdad’s Green Zone a central area that houses a number of critical government buildings.
Protesters said they came from across the country to press for accelerating anti-corruption reforms. A senior police officer told Anadolu Agency there were no incidents of violence on Friday.
The influential Shia leader wants Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi to reshuffle his cabinet and form a “technocrat” government.
Last month Sadr gave Abadi a 45-day deadline to present the names of technocrats for a new government and threatened to storm the Green Zone if his demands were not met.
By Ali Jawad
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