Thousands of Iraqis rally to demand withdrawal of US troops
Al JazeeraHeeding a call by powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, protesters in Baghdad demand an end to ‘foreign interference’. “Today’s protest is a referendum called for by the Iraqi people who consider the presence of US forces within the country a danger to them and to the region,” civil servant Asad al-Hashemi told Al Jazeera. “First we have to get rid of the US forces, then we should focus on tackling government corruption and reforms.” Ranging protest movements Meanwhile, a separate and large anti-government protest movement centred in Tahrir Square has gripped the capital and the Shia-majority south for almost four months, with Iraqis demanding complete overhaul of the political landscape, early elections and more accountability. “The Sadr current want an end to foreign interference by the same system we are protesting against,” protester Ali Adnan said, speaking from the barricaded Jumhuriyah Bridge just off Tahrir Square. “Today’s protest in Jadriya is calling for one of the same demands as the anti-government movement, which is an end to foreign interference and corruption,” Sheikh Hussein Karbalai, a cleric from Karbala, told Al Jazeera.
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