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Monday, August 29, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 29, 2022
Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone rocked by gunfire after government building stormed
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Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather outside the Government Headquarters in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
BAGHDAD — Live fire rocks Baghdad’s Green Zone after hundreds of supporters of Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the government building in the fortified area, an AFP journalist says.
Witnesses tell AFP that the shots were fired by supporters of a rival Shiite bloc, the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, hours after al-Sadr announced his “definitive retirement” from politics amid a protracted political crisis.
Security forces also fired tear gas to disperse the Sadrists at the entrance to the Green Zone, a security source tells AFP.
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