Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day


Iraqi Shia preacher Moqtada Sadr's followers are marking the Muslim month of Muharram, a traditional Shia celebration, with religious chants and collective meals at the country's parliament. – AFP pic, July 31, 2022.

HUNDREDS of followers of powerful Iraqi Shia preacher Moqtada Sadr began a second day camped at the country’s parliament today. 

Despite tear gas, water cannon and baking temperatures that touched 47ºC, they stormed the complex yesterday after pulling down heavy concrete barricades on roads leading to Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone of diplomatic and government buildings.


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