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Sadrist protesters withdraw from Iraq's Judiciary after condemnation

Sadrist protesters stormed the Judiciary this morning, raising concerns over stability in Iraq.

A supporter of Iraqi Muslim Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raises his portrait.
A supporter of Iraqi Muslim Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raises his portrait during a protest outside the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's highest judicial body, in Baghdad on Aug. 23, 2022. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

Hundreds of Sadrist protesters stormed Iraq's Judicial Council building this morning and set out tents to organize a sit-in. They stormed the parliament building last month and held a sit-in there as well.

Muhammad Salih al-Iraqi — who closely follows Muqtada al-Sadr on Twitter and whose tweets express official Sadrist positions — welcomed the move against the Judiciary, accusing it of being biased against Sadrists.

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