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Iraq
Rocket hits Baghdad Green Zone, no casualties reported: Police, diplomats
2019-11-18
[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.
An Nahar adds:
Protesters in Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City neighborhood on Sunday blocked roads in an effort to keep employees from getting to their workplaces, snarling traffic in some areas.

The roadblocks are in response to a call by influential Shiite holy man Moqtada Tater al-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
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