Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a sit-in at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone March 27, 2016. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
Reuters: Iraq's Sadr begins sit-in inside Green Zone to push for reforms
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr entered Baghdad's Green Zone, the heavily-fortified center of the capital housing government buildings and embassies, on Sunday to keep up pressure on the government to enact reforms.
Thousands of Sadr's supporters began a sit-in at the district's gates more than a week ago and continued to camp out despite heavy rains earlier in the day, but Sadr took the protest forward by entering the zone itself.
"Beloved protesters, I will enter the Green Zone by myself and (my escorts) only. I sit in inside the Green Zone and you sit in at its gates. None of you move," he told them before walking past a security checkpoint near parliament and the upscale Rashid Hotel into the Green Zone.
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WNU Editor: The worng person to lead these protests .... he only fuels the Shiite-Sunni divide.
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He's the only Iraqi political figure backing the Protestor's, who are trying to "push" the Iraqi Government to make the long promised reforms, which will "de-politicize" most Government Departments and save Iraq billions of dollars.
He's also, despite off repeated claims of his fealty to Iran, an Iraqi patriot.
And there arn't any other Iraqi politicians out there backing the protestors.
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