[size=32] 5:23:00 a.m. 1/5/2016 | (Voice of Iraq) - Baghdad: Masum Long live the Iraqi capital yesterday, days of chaos, when he broke into thousands of protesters ,supporters of Moqtada al -Sadr, the Green Zone, theheavily fortified, and entered theparliament building after the House ofRepresentatives failed to vote on a variety of technocratic government presented by Prime Minister Haider Abadi, inresponse to thedemands ofreform and thefight against corruption demanded by thesupporters of theSadrist months ago. and announced that the Baghdad operations command, thecase of«emergency» in the capital, and closed the doors and the main entrances of thecity, has also been tightening security measures at thecentral bank circumference, and major banks, especially the Rafidain and Rasheed , Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi and was forced to leave his office in the green Zone to a safe place outside.The angry demonstrators managed to climb over theconcrete blocks in the area where a lot of theofficial residences before entering the parliament building, where some of them deliberately to sabotage part of the contents of the building and offices, while others asked them to act in apeaceful way and tried to limit the damage.Security forces remained in their positions did not try to prevent thedemonstrators from entering the building. The protesters put afence on thethorny road leading to theGreen Zone ,one of the exits and prevented some lawmakers from leaving. It has been targeted several cars were damaged. And includes theGreen Zone in central Baghdad , the seat ofparliament and the presidential palace and theoffices of theprime minister in addition to several embassies ,including the US and UK. The demonstration began in themorning outside the Green Zone, but participants stormed the area after the House ofRepresentatives once again failed to agree on agovernment of technocrats lineup presented Prime Minister Haider al -Abadi. And began to move within minutes of a press conference held Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al -Sadr in the holy city of Najaf, denounced thepolitical impasse gripping thecountry but without ordering participants in thedemonstrations, including a large number of his supporters toenter the Green Zone.Announced chest sit supporters in parliament andin thesurroundings until demands were met an end to sectarian government, and the adoption of the reforms announced by Abadi months ago. It was al -Sadr announced earlier in theday, freezing thepolitical agenda of his movement in the Iraqi government andin theparliament. He said in a press conference in Najaf, said he «will not accept any government post under thequota system and thepersistence ofcorruption in Iraq.» He added that «popular uprising» advocated by «would not want retaliation for one do not want a chair for a» and added: «The uprising will remain peaceful until the end».Witnesses said that a number of MPs who were inside theparliament havefled to outside the Green Zone, the extent ofIraqi parliamentary say were present there, noting that « the raid was asurprise and did not believe that the al- Sadr supporters implementation of their threats, but did not imagine that theprotections of the green Zone and the House ofRepresentatives to allow theentry of these aggregates such as flood sweeping». She said the MP who did not agree to be named , told «Middle East» yesterday «We fled before it reaches thedemonstrators tous, I have seen some MPs arefleeing to neighboring gardens and persecuted theJews , dozens of protesters who managed to getahold of MP Ammar Tohme head of theVirtue Party bloc in parliament ,has beat him beatings and humiliation. »She said that «there are some deputies were able to reach their cars with the help ofHamayatem, myself included, where heaped number of demonstrators beating sticks on the cars and threw stones».Iraqi She parliamentary that « Themajority ofparliamentarians managed to escape and left the Green Zone with their families», pointing out that « there are thosewho left thegreen Zone by Harthiya gate, and the other part across thesuspension bridge before you get togroups ofdemonstrators and pass thegates of thepoint of Karrada, and there are those who wereforced to cross the Tigris River by boat to the Rusafa ». she said:« I know some MPs had left the green Zone directly to Baghdad international Airport to travel to either Arbil or Sulaymaniyah or outside of Iraq, and there are those who sought refuge with relatives and friends houses outside the green Zone, while I closed the door of my house and Hamaiati standing outside the house ,although it did not record any attack cases on the houses, both parliamentarians houses or officials green Zone , which isno longer safe or immune. »another security official said that all entrances ofBaghdad closed« as aprecautionary measure to maintain the security of thecapital. » A spokesman for the United Nations and thefour Western diplomats living in the Green Zone that thecomplexes where they are closed the but denied reports of evacuation ofstaff. The MP «Iraqis haveachieved what they considered a dream entering the Green Zone ,which they believe is like another planet, and occupied theparliament ,which had been watching the building and during thebattles ofRepresentatives television screens and anexchange ofbottles of water with each other , while some young demonstrators sat on the House ofRepresentatives and picked upseats (Sylvie) smiling ». With the exception of the statement of the President Fuad Masum ,there has been no reaction from House Speaker Salim al -Jubouri, at atime when quitting afternoon, thesecurity committee official in parliament and MP for the Sadr movement smiling among the masses ofTtiarhm in theGreen Zone, also did not issue any statement or explanation from the Office of thePrime Minister Haider al -Abadi , or heads of blocs andpolitical parties.Masum said in his statement «protesters stormed today (yesterday) , the House ofRepresentatives building and threatened tostorm official buildings andother non -official in Baghdad 's green Zone», adding: «We call on all our people ,especially demonstrators them to give priority to calm and law -abiding and self - restraint and not to prejudice any of themembers of the House ofRepresentatives and employees of public and private property and to evacuate the building and call on the heads of the ministers, MPs and leaders of parliamentary blocs to make acabinet reshuffle intended and implementation of political and administrative reforms and thefight against corruption and consider that theburial of thequota - party system and factional task no longer be postponed at all. » The infallible in his statement «We confirm that superfluous victory in thebattle against terrorism requires setting the protection of the stability ofIraq andsupreme interests and status and prestige in theinternational community over any other interests , calling on everyone to adhere to theprinciples ofdemocratic dialogue and thepreservation ofconstitutional life and maintain security and order in call forpolitical forces to redouble urgent efforts and seriousness to solve problems to meet thedemands of thepeople and achieve itsinterests and improve his living conditions, and to show high sense ofnational responsibility and put theinterests of all Iraqis above any other interests. »And offered one of the local TV stations for footage for ashort prime minister , a line in the outer courtyard of theheadquarters of the prime minister is far from the parliament building and accompanied byelements of theprotection they are toting automatic weapons, thestation reporter said he was able to talk with al -Abadi , who told him that he (Abadi) of thecommand toopen the gates of the green Zone in front of thedemonstrators.However , the Prime Minister 'sOffice denied that al - Abadi has ordered to open the gates of the Green Zone ,or so he said to the reporter. As launched unconfirmed reports ofasylum number of parliamentarians to the US Embassy in theGreen Zone, and the head of the House ofRepresentatives between them, or that he left theGreen Zone ,almost all ofRepresentatives blocked themobile devices or not responding to communications.Immediately after theinvasion of theGreen Zone by thedemonstrators announced Baghdad operations command , themaximum state of emergency and closed Baghdad outlets are not allowed to enter thecapital, but will be allowed toleave them alone, and security sources denied theclosure of theroad to Baghdad international Airport and normal air traffic.Observers fear that extending the state ofemergency ,where theaccompanying extended in thecase of thedissolution ofparliament and suspending theConstitution.The parliament building was built as a(Conference Palace) in theearly eighties to host the work of the Non -Aligned conference ,which was transferred to New Delhi because of theIran - Iraq war, has been holding the Arab Summit in 1990.In this context, at least 23 people were killed and onewounded 38 others detonated a car bomb attack on Shia pilgrims in thevicinity of Baghdad, according to Iraqi officials said. And it adopted aregulation Daash, assault.The car that exploded was parked on a road in Nahrawan area Almottaghon areused by pilgrims to the shrine ofImam Musa Kadhim , a Shiite shrines, according toofficials. In astatement posted on social networks, «Daash» announced that the bomber blew up his vehicle bombs , three tons of explosives. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.][/size] |
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