Over 100,000 gather in Baghdad to urge government to carry out reforms



More than 100,000 people gathered in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square to urge Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to follow through with promised political and economic reforms.

Anti-American Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr led the protest. He threatened consequences if decisive action to implement the changes and stamp out corruption is not taken soon.

“Today we are at the walls of the Green Zone international area. Tomorrow people will enter to claim back their rights from the corrupt and the unjust,” he told the crowd.

Sadr accused the prime minister of failing to make use of the support offered by Iraq’s highest Shi’ite religious authority. Despite initially endorsing the reforms, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani appears to have become disappointed with the lack of progress.

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I can't remember. Is Moqtada Al Sadr a friend or an enemy of the US this week?

The goals of Al-Sadr and his Mhadi Army are well known.

He is not going away anytime soon.

I can't remember. Is Moqtada Al Sadr a friend or an enemy of the US this week?

I don't ever remember him being a friend of the US. Always a problem. Stirring things up instead of trying to solve problems. A real nutter.

It will create an interesting dynamic in the region if the Shiites take control of Iraq and Syria somehow gets back on a solid footing. The ME would be a very lonely place for the Saudi's.

I can't remember. Is Moqtada Al Sadr a friend or an enemy of the US this week?

I don't ever remember him being a friend of the US. Always a problem. Stirring things up instead of trying to solve problems. A real nutter.

Not at all. A real operator with Iranian backing. They are winning BTW.

I can't remember. Is Moqtada Al Sadr a friend or an enemy of the US this week?

I don't ever remember him being a friend of the US. Always a problem. Stirring things up instead of trying to solve problems. A real nutter.

Not at all. A real operator with Iranian backing. They are winning BTW.

Just because he's winning doesn't mean he's not a nutter. Stirring things up with religious fever just like the Iranians.