Sockpuppet: wow!! Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Protesters stormed Iraq’s parliament on Saturday, bursting into the capital’s fortified Green Zone, where other key buildings, including the U.S. Embassy, are located.
Live footage on Iraqi television showed swarms of protesters, who have been demanding government reform, inside the parliament building, waving flags and chanting. Lawmakers were berated and beaten with flags as they fled the building, while demonstrators smashed the windows of politicians’ cars.
Baghdad Operations Command declared a state of emergency and said all roads into the capital had been closed. A U.S. Embassy official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that staff were not being evacuated from their compound, which is about a mile away from the parliament building.
Iraq is in the grip of a political crisis, with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attempting to reshuffle his cabinet and meet the demands of the demonstrators, who have been spurred on by the powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. But Abadi has been hampered by chaotic parliament sessions, where lawmakers have thrown water bottles and punches at one another.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/protesters-storm-iraqi-parliament -in-baghdad/2016/04/30/0862fd3a-0ec1-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
Lorena1972: Sadly, this is all about frustration. At this point I do not know if its a good thing or bad. From this video it seems once again they did not get what they were promised
Chuicy: if the iraqi protesters storming the parliament , is true, well, to me it clearly says , that the people are fed up with corrupt , so called elite politicians , that line their pockets , with the citizens money, as the citizens are literally barely making day by day,
The so called politically elite are the same way in every country, so imagine the same chaos , that is going on in iraq, happening in every country that has similar corrupt so called politically elite politicians ijs
Pearle: Well since they made promises and time is running out…what better way to let them know that they expect their promises fulfilled
Goodtimes1: The Iraq people have been put past their breaking point. I cant blame them they have delayed the reforms so many times. Now the people of Iraq are saying the delays have gone on long enough!
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Elmerf123456: For those concerned please reread my post of last night slowly and read between the lines don’t be concerned by what was going on this morning because this had to happen to drive a point
Late Friday Night: elmerf123456 : Guess what Peeps…things have gotten really hot in Iraq. I’m told really hot in a great way. The US Boys who visited early this week achieved purpose. We will be hearing much more. Nuff said.
