(27 Jul 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baghdad - 27 July 2022
1. Protesters marching on road
HEADLINE: Protesters storm parliament building in Baghdad
2. Various of protesters sitting and climbing on Iraqi Parliament's front wall, riot police using water cannon to disperse protesters, other riot police and protesters on ground level
ANNOTATION: Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday.
ANNOTATION: Demonstrators chanted anti-Iran curses in a protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.
ANNOTATION: The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
3. Protesters trying to pull down wall
ANNOTATION: The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament floor, sitting in the chairs of lawmakers and waving Iraqi flags.
4. Various of protesters pulling down section of wall,
ANNOTATION: Police attempted to repel the protesters using water cannons, but demonstrators scaled the barrier walls and pulled down slabs using ropes.
5. Protesters walking through, protesters gathered behind wall
ANNOTATION: No lawmakers were present. Only security forces were inside the building and they appeared to allow the protesters in with relative ease.
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a protest against the selection of a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.
The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament floor, sitting in the chairs of lawmakers and waving Iraqi flags.
No lawmakers were present. Only security forces were inside the building and they appeared to allow the protesters in with relative ease.
The demonstrators were protesting the recent selection of Mohammed al-Sudani as the official nominee of the Coordination Framework bloc, a coalition led by Iran-backed Shiite parties and their allies.
It was the largest protest since federal elections were held in October, and the second time al-Sadr has used his ability to mobilize masses to send a message to his political rivals this month.
Earlier in July, thousands heeded his call for a mass prayer, an event many feared would turn into protests.
Al-Sadr's followers stormed the Green Zone in 2016 in a similar fashion and entered the country's parliament building to demand political reform.
The storming of parliament Wednesday carried an implicit warning to the Framework party of a potential escalation to come if the government forms with al-Sudani at the helm.
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