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Iraqi cleric Sadr asks followers to stop attacks on rivals' offices
Source: Reuters
World | Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:55am EDT
Iraqi cleric Sadr asks followers to stop attacks on rivals' offices
BAGHDAD/BASRA, IRAQ | BY SAIF HAMEED AND AREF MOHAMMED
Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr asked his followers to stop attacking offices of Iranian-backed Shi'ite political parties that he accuses of corruption, after authorities said they could resort to force to restore order.
Sadr's followers on Thursday and Friday stormed or attempted to storm offices of the Dawa party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and the Badr Organization in five southern cities, according to the provincial authorities of Basra, Amara, Kut, Nassiriya and Najaf.
The provincial authorities did not report any casualties during the incidents.
Authorities "will stand up with force and firmness to deter the violators," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who belongs to Dawa, said in a statement on Friday evening.
"Pressure on the corrupt political parties has to be done in a peaceful manner," Sadr said in statement addressed to his followers, posted on his website Friday evening.
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Iraqi cleric Sadr asks followers to stop attacks on rivals' offices
BAGHDAD/BASRA, IRAQ | BY SAIF HAMEED AND AREF MOHAMMED
Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr asked his followers to stop attacking offices of Iranian-backed Shi'ite political parties that he accuses of corruption, after authorities said they could resort to force to restore order.
Sadr's followers on Thursday and Friday stormed or attempted to storm offices of the Dawa party, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and the Badr Organization in five southern cities, according to the provincial authorities of Basra, Amara, Kut, Nassiriya and Najaf.
The provincial authorities did not report any casualties during the incidents.
Authorities "will stand up with force and firmness to deter the violators," Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who belongs to Dawa, said in a statement on Friday evening.
"Pressure on the corrupt political parties has to be done in a peaceful manner," Sadr said in statement addressed to his followers, posted on his website Friday evening.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-sadr-idUSKCN0YX0DX
