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Iraq: Sadr supporters in mass protest for political reform; Mookie. Always Mookie.
Topic Started: Apr 26 2016, 02:35 PM (703 Views)
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2 hours ago / Middle East

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, in protest at a months-long political crisis and lack of reform.

Supporters of the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched towards the Green Zone, where the government is based.

He wants Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to press ahead with a plan to replace ministers appointed on the basis of political affiliation with technocrats.

Powerful parties in parliament have so far refused to approve the reshuffle.
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Moqtada al-Sadr wants protesters to "compel" MPs to agree to the prime minister's proposals
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Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament
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Hundreds of Shia Muslim activists have stormed Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, in protest against continuing deadlock in approving a new cabinet.

Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr broke through barricades of the fortified Green Zone for the first time, after MPs failed to convene for a vote.

A state of emergency was declared and security forces near the US embassy fired tear gas.
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The Shia protesters unfurled banners after storming parliament
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This could be the start of partitioning Iraq...Sad but sane............. :dunno:
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Iraq protests: Demonstrators begin to leave Green Zone
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Shia Muslim activists who occupied Iraq's parliament on Saturday have begun to leave Baghdad's government district.

Organisers used loudspeakers to call an end to the sit-in in the Green Zone.

Earlier, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the arrest of those who had stormed parliament.
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Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi visited the damaged parliament building on Saturday after protesters left

Who is the Man Leading Iraq’s Green Zone Revolution?
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And Why Does Washington Hate Him So Much?
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Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots: hospitals
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At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, hospital sources said on Saturday.

Iraqi security forces used live and rubber bullets as well as tear gas to dislodge the protesters from the district that houses government buildings, parliament and embassies.
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Anti-government protesters carry a man injured during the storming of Baghdad's Green Zone in Iraq May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
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We went through this Sadr business over ten years ago. The takeaway here is that the fundamental structural divisions of the Arab world (which have little relation to the Sikes-Picot borders drawn in 1920) don't go away and can't be manipulated from the outside. The Arab world is in the early stages of a great national revolution which may take much of this century to finally stabilize. It took China from 1912 to 1949 to emerge as a great nation. Arabia is on the same sort of road. Infidels: get out of the way!
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It may be more likely that the Arab countries follow the political model of post-colonial African countries.............. :popcorn:
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May 22 2016, 12:27 AM
It may be more likely that the Arab countries follow the political model of post-colonial African countries.............. :popcorn:
Of ourse that is possible but there are some important differences. The Arab world has been unified and powerful in the past. True, that was some centuries ago but the memory of the Caliphate lingers. The Arabs have a common religion and a common language, unlike the Africans. Arabia is also far more wealthy, urbanized and technologically proficient.

No one can say whose speculation is the more likely, but I am curious as to what factors lead you to believe in the African outcome.
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Robert Stout
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It may be more likely that the Arab countries follow the political model of post-colonial African countries.............. :popcorn:
Of ourse that is possible but there are some important differences. The Arab world has been unified and powerful in the past. True, that was some centuries ago but the memory of the Caliphate lingers. The Arabs have a common religion and a common language, unlike the Africans. Arabia is also far more wealthy, urbanized and technologically proficient.

No one can say whose speculation is the more likely, but I am curious as to what factors lead you to believe in the African outcome.
You can't have more than two Arabs in a hookah café without a loud argument breaking out...It is Arab nature not to agree or unify...They have a tribal culture.............. :biggrin:
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Iraqi cleric Sadr asks followers to stop attacks on rivals' offices
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Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr asked his followers to stop attacking offices of Iranian-backed Shi'ite political parties that he accuses of corruption, after authorities said they could resort to force to restore order.

Sadr's followers on Thursday and Friday stormed or attempted to storm offices of the Dawa party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and the Badr Organization in five southern cities, according to the provincial authorities of Basra, Amara, Kut, Nassiriya and Najaf.
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"Pressure on the corrupt political parties has to be done in a peaceful manner," Sadr said in statement addressed to his followers, posted on his website Friday evening.
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Prominent Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, April 30, 2016.
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Mookie has come out of hiding again? Peace be upon him and hopefully his heroin habit is under control.

Is he going to take over Iraq again???
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The only way to stop government corruption in Iraq is to kill all the government officials.......... :oyvey
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