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Liquidation of Iraqi protest leaders continues in anticipation of elections
Analysts believe the upcoming battle for the protest movement is likely to be with the Shia parties that are exclusively loyal to Iran. After the killing of Wazni, an Iraqi reporter was seriously wounded Monday.
Monday 10/05/2021
Mourners hold up a poster showing assassinated Iraqi anti-government activist Ihab al-Wazni during his funeral in the central holy shrine city of Karbala on May 9, 2021. (AFP)
KARBALA, Iraq - The assassination of Ihab al-Wazni, a prominent member of Iraq’s protest movement, was a premeditated provocation by Shia militias that prefer to resume confrontation with protesters in the street rather than hold early elections with no guaranteed results for them or for the parties affiliated with them.