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Iraq
Three killed in Iraq clashes after cleric's followers storm protest camp
2020-11-28
[Jpost] Supporters of Shi'ite holy man Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
 stormed an anti-government protest camp in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday, and at least three people were killed and dozens maimed in the festivities, a Rooters witness and a medical source said.

Followers of Sadr carrying pictures of the holy man marched to the central al-Haboubi square, where anti-government protesters have held a sit-in since 2019, after Friday prayers.

They fired gunshots and threw petrol bombs at the protesters' tents, leading the protesters to fight back, the Rooters witness said.

A hospital source said the protesters died from bullet wounds. The festivities were still going on on Friday evening.

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Posted by:trailing wife

#1  This guy still around?

 It's hard to be religious when certain people 
are never incinerated by a bolt of lightning.___ Calvin
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-11-28 08:37  

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