NSTworld: Youth-dominated allies have thronged the Iraqi capital’s main protest camp in Tahrir Square since early October, denouncing the government as corrupt, inept and beholden to Iran.
The bloodshed came as the US accused Iran of “meddling” in Iraq’s turmoil and slapped sanctions on Iran-backed groups for allegedly cracking down on protesters.
An ambulance arrives in Tahrir square after unidentified men attacked an anti-government protest camp in Baghdad late on December 6, 2019.-AFP After the attack, dozens of young men could be seen rushing away from the building in a panic, jumping over concrete barriers to the relative safety of Tahrir.
They included Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Hashed’s prominent Asaib Ahl al-Haq brigade, and Hussein Falil Aziz al-Lami, who heads the network’s powerful security apparatus.The measures would seize any assets they have in the US and keep them from travelling there. Some carried portraits of Hashed fighters killed battling Islamic State group jihadists as well as of Sistani.
“The religious shrines’ involvement grants legitimacy and numbers to the protests,” said Thaer Istayfi, 41.
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