BAGHDAD, July 31 — Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr occupied the country's parliament yesterday with no plan to leave, deepening a months-long political...
BAGHDAD, July 31 — Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr occupied the country's parliament yesterday with no plan to leave, deepening a months-long political standoff.
In multi-confessional and multi-ethnic Iraq, government formation has involved complex negotiations since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. They crowded the chamber where some sat at lawmakers' desks while others milled about, raising their mobile phones to film the occupation.Parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbussi said"all parliamentary meetings" had been suspended.
"All the people are with you, Sayyed Moqtada," the protesters chanted, using his title as a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed. After the latest occupation began, the Coordination Framework called on"the popular masses... to peacefully demonstrate in defence of the state and its legitimacy"."Voices of reason and wisdom are critical to prevent further violence," it said on Twitter.
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