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Rocket hits Baghdad Green Zone, no casualties reported: Police, diplomats
[AlAhram] A rocket hit Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which houses embassies and government buildings, on Sunday but caused no casualties or major damage, two police sources said.Diplomatic sources said aerial bombardment sirens sounded after a blast.
The roadblocks are in response to a call by influential Shiite holy man  Moqtada Tateral-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... for a voluntary strike. Protesters are also trying to reach the Ahrar bridge, after seizing part of the Sanak bridge and the strategic Khilani square in central Baghdad, as they continue to try to get to the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of government. Related: Green Zone: 2019-11-17 Protesters Spill Back Onto Bridge in Iraq Capital Green Zone: 2019-11-11 Amnesty calls on Iraq to end ‘bloodbath’ amid anti-government protests Green Zone: 2019-11-10 Four protesters killed in Baghdad as security forces close in on Tahrir Square Related: Sadr City: 2019-10-29 Iraqi cleric al-Sadr calls for early election Sadr City: 2019-10-18 Iran-backed militias used snipers in Iraq to help quell recent protests – report Sadr City: 2019-10-09 Protests resume in Iraq’s Sadr City as uprising enters second week Related: Ahrar bridge: 2019-11-10 Four protesters killed in Baghdad as security forces close in on Tahrir Square Ahrar bridge: 2019-11-09 At least 10 protesters killed Thursday in Baghdad, Basra: Reuters Posted by: trailing wife 2019-11-18 |
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