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My latest from South West Cameroon where anglophone rebels are attempting to carve out a new nation - Ambazonia.
All the more interesting is that activists tell me it was Saraya Al Salam, Sadr’s militi, who attacked the site in Nasiriya. #Iraqprotests #iraq
This is something. Assad Al Naseri, a senior Sadrist who disavowed Moqtada Al Sadr’s withdrawal from the protests announced he is spending the night with protests in Al Haboubi square.
Just yesterday, militias attacked the square, attempting to clear protest site #IraqiProtests
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Gen. Frank McKenzie, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, told reporters mortars used in an attack on the @USEmbBaghdad that injured 1 person, not katyusha rockets. via @AP
Initially statements from military, officials and embassy staff said rockets hit compound.
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Ahmed Abdul Samad (pictured) and Safaa Ghali we’re both working for Dijlah TV when they were assassinated in Basra in January 10th #Iraq #Iraqprotests #Baghdad #Basra
Iraqi TV network Dijlah TV, which is largely broadcast from Jordan, will have its Amman offices closed for one month from today.
Dijlah has been pro-Iraq’s popular protests, and one of the networks with reporters on the ground in Tahrir Square. #Iraqprotests #pressfreedom #Iraq
Very sad. I interviewed Lina for @TheNationalUAE in Tunis in 2018. She was impressive and eloquent about her country.
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Like protests Iraqi humor persists “My mother will kill me before the militias do" said an 18 yr old skipping classes 2 attend demonstration, piece documents continuity & growth of movement in face of Sadr's withdrawal, "betrayal" @BrowneGareth @Telegraph
As one Sadrist told me: “My message for those who left is to come back to Tahrir because we are the people of Iraq, we are the people from Baghdad.”
Splits within Moqtada Al-Sadr’s camp are a significant development... perhaps the cleric has made one U-Turn too many #IraqProtests
Iraqi protesters rally as signs of splits in Moqtada Al-Sadr’s camp start to show. My report from yesterday for @Telegraph :
