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| Sadrists protest in Missan against Iraqi-U.S. agreement |
| 2008-05-31 |
| (VOI)- Sadrists staged a demonstration in front of al-Sadr’s office in Missan province, protesting the long-term U.S.-Iraqi agreement, a source from the Sadrist bloc said on Friday. “Sadrists in Missan went to the streets and condemned the scheduled long-term deal between Iraq and the United States which aims at boosting U.S. occupation in Iraq,” a media source in al-Sadr’s office told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). “The angry men called on the national fronts and noblemen to discard this agreement which aims at blackmailing Iraq and its economic resources and impose the U.S. authority on the Iraqi people,” he added. A media source from al-Sadr’s office had said earlier thousands of Sadrists staged a demonstration after the Friday prayer in Sadr City, protesting the long-term Iraqi-U.S. deal. A declaration of principles was signed between U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in December 2007. The declaration was planned to be ratified on July 31, 2008 to be effective as of January 1, 2009. The agreement governs the U.S. forces' presence in Iraq after the year 2008. This presence currently relies on a mandate by the UN, renewed annually upon the request of the Iraqi government. The agreement should not be effective except after endorsement by the 275-member Iraqi parliament, which comprises five political blocs, the Fadhila (Virtue) Party and the Sadrist Bloc, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Police arrest 15 wanted men in Missan (VOI)- Policemen on Friday arrested 15 wanted men in the southern Iraqi province of Missan, said a police source. “Ali al-Gharbi police forces detained 11 wanted men, while Huttein police forces managed to arrest four wanted men,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). The source did not specify the regions, where the wanted men were arrested. “The operation came within a new security plan of the Missan police to arrest the wanted men in the province, mainly those who have been accused of different crimes, including killing, kidnapping and looting,” he explained. |
| Posted by:Fred |