ISWNews Analysis Group: According to the latest field information from the city of Najaf, some rioters attacked the shrine of the martyr Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim and set fire the entrance door.
After the protests divided into two groups of the peaceful protesters and the violent ones, Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, Basra and some other cities experienced high tensions recently and last night Iran’s consulate in Najaf was attacked.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to news from inside the city of Najaf, gunfire heard in the city and some have been stabbed in Sadrain Square.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Protesters from few days ago interrupted the traffic in Karbala and Najaf and some other cities by blocking some streets.
ISWNews Analysis Group: An hour ago, a car blast in al-Tahrir Square in Baghdad killed and injured several demonstrators.
Muqtada Sadr: Revolutionists shouldn’t attack diplomatic centers or embassies of neutral countries. Not even shout against them.
Ayatollah Sistani: I am afraid responsible parties do not have enough determination to do any real reform.
Qais al-Khazali: “Early election in Iraq is an American plan.”
Abdul-Mahdi: This is the first time that young generation are leading a movement that rattled the country.
– Al-Fath fraction of Parliament said we will support the reforming package of the government and monitor the government’s performance based on the timetable. – A handmade bomb discovered under al-Sanak bridge, Baghdad. – Amjad al-Dahamat, social activist, assassinated. – Defence and security commission of the parliament claims support for the government and security departments […]
The death toll of Iraq in the last two days reached 13.
Protesters blocked some streets in capital last night; PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi announced new reforms.
