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Several hundred supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr launched a sit-in outside Iraq’s top judicial body on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a
Sadr supporters launch sit-in outside top Iraq judicial body
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Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr held a sit-in outside the top judicial body for several hours on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance.Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi had cut short a visit to Egypt, where he had been due to take part in a five-nation summit, to return home to monitor developments.Kadhemi "called on all political parties to calm down and to take advantage of the opportunity for national dialogue to get the country out of its current crisis", his office said.
Thousands of supporters of Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr stepped up their pressure tactics Friday with a weekly prayer session in the high-security Green Zone they have occupied for three weeks.Tensions in the impoverished, war-scarred country have escalated over the inability of political factions to agree on formation of a government, 10 months after parliamentary elections.