High security measures and closure of roads in conjunction with the arrival of Sadr to Baghdad

High security measures and closure of roads in conjunction with the arrival of Sadr to Baghdad

a wish Since 2017-03-23 ​​at 23:16 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News
Security sources said on Thursday to impose strict measures on the entrances and exits of Baghdad, amid the closure of a number of roads in the capital, as a precaution in conjunction with a demonstration expected on Friday afternoon, as revealed the arrival of the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr to Baghdad.
The sources told Mawazine News that the security forces completed this evening, the closure of all roads leading to Sadr City, east of Baghdad, "asserting that" the entry only on the card security and housing over the severe inside the city mentioned. "
She added that "the security forces also began to close all roads leading to Tahrir Square starting with the aviation arena and Paradise Square and Saadoun Street and the struggle in central Baghdad, in conjunction with the presence of a demonstration expected on Friday."
The sources, who preferred not to be named, said that "the leader of the Sadrist movement arrived in the capital Baghdad, this evening, as part of preparations for Friday prayers unified tomorrow in Sadr City, as previously stated.
"Ibrahim al-Jabri, director of Sadr's office in Baghdad and a number of Sadrist leaders, arrived at Tahrir square to follow the latest preparations for the demonstration, which is expected to be one million."
The sources pointed out that "the forces closed (the bridges of the Republic and the Sanct, the bridge of the martyrs and the free, the bridge of the door and the bridge of the olive, Shorja Street, Karada Mariam Street, Iranian Embassy Street, Salhiya Street, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zaitoun Street, Abu Nawas Street, Al-Nakhla Square, Al-Khilani Square, Zubaydah Square, Al-Khalafaa Square, Al-Saadoun Tunnel, Bab Al-Sharjee Tunnel, Sheikh Abdul Qader Intersection , Bab El Sheikh intersection, Sheikh Omar intersection, Fine Art Academy intersection Uh holy door) Babbat concrete. "
The security forces, since embarked on Wednesday to tighten its procedures in Sadr City, two days before the date of the launch of a large demonstration called by the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, which will be present where, as erected checkpoints at the entrances of the city and Mforeigha.anthy 29/1 for

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