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October 28, 2019       Share:    

Source: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraqi-protests-against-Iranian-influence-turn-violent-605913

Iraqi Protesters Clash with Iranian-Backed Militias

(Jerusalem Post) Tzvi Joffre - Iraqi protesters stormed buildings belonging to Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias and the Iranian embassy in Karbala on Saturday, Sky News Arabia reported. At least seven protesters were killed and 38 wounded in the city of Hilla early on Sunday when members of the Iranian-backed Badr Organization militia opened fire on demonstrators. On Friday, Wissam al-Alawi, a commander of the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq militia, and his brother were killed by protesters. Protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square chanted slogans against Iran and Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, Al Arabiya reported.

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