[[{"content_id":"3469","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"83","user_id":"2","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"2","content_title":"Iraqis march in 'millions' to call for expulsion of US troops","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2020-01-25 09:08:09","content_summary":"Iraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":" \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nIraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSayed Sadiq al-Hashemi, the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies, said more than 2.5 million took part in the demonstrations on Friday.\r\n\r\nSince the early hours on Friday, huge crowds of men, women and children of all ages converged on the Jadriyah neighborhood near Baghdad University.\r\n\r\nThe protesters were seen carrying banners and chanting slogans calling for the expulsion of US forces. \r\n\r\n"Get out, get out, occupier!" some shouted, while others chanted, "Yes to sovereignty!"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIraqis hold "million-man march" against U.S. forces presence in their country \/ #Iraq #IraqMillionManMarch https:\/\/t.co\/DFcpypfDCC\r\n\r\n\r\n— Press TV (@PressTV) January 24, 2020\r\n\r\n\r\nIraq's al-Ahd news network reported that Iraqis from all of the country's provinces had gathered in the city.\r\n\r\nOn January 5, the Iraqi parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces after the US assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUS rebuffs Iraq's call to withdraw troops from Arab country\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nThe United States has rejected Iraq\r\n\r\n\r\nThe massive rally came after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage "a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations".\r\n\r\nSadr issued a statement on Friday calling for US bases to be shut down and Iraqi airspace closed to US warplanes and surveillance aircraft.\r\n\r\nHe warned that US presence in the country will be dealt with as an occupying force if Washington does not agree with Iraqi demands to withdraw for the country.\r\n\r\nIn a message delivered through a representative at Friday prayer in the holy city of Karbala, top cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani also urged Iraqi political groups to do what is needed to the safeguard the country's sovereignty.\r\n\r\nHe called on Iraqi groups to stand united, far from any foreign influence in countering the dangers which threaten the country.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday ahead of the planned rallies, Sadr called on Iraqis to mobilize and defend the country's independence and sovereignty.\r\n\r\n"Oh women, men and youth of the country, the time is now upon us to defend the country, its sovereignty and dependence," Sadr said in a tweet.\r\n\r\n"Spread the word of an independent future Iraq that will be ruled by the righteous; an Iraq which will not know of corruption nor aggression" he added, calling on Iraqis to expel the "tyrants".\r\n\r\nVarious Iraqi resistance groups affiliated with the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have also backed the anti-American rally.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUS forces to suffer heavy defeat if they refuse to leave Iraq: Hashd Sha'abi group\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nAn Iraqi PMU group says it is ready to inflict a heavy loss on US military forces if they refuse to withdraw from the country.\r\n\r\n\r\n‘Zero hour in face-off with US’\r\n\r\nSpeaking to the Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel, Jaafar al-Husseini, a spokesman for the PMU-affiliated Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group, said "other means" will be used against the Americans if they do not leave Iraq.\r\n\r\nThe American presence, he said, has led to corruption and instability in the country.\r\n\r\nIn an interview with Iran's Tasnim news agency, Firas al-Yasser, a member of the political bureau of Iraq's Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, said Friday's rallies marked "a new chapter" in the Arab country's relations with the US.\r\n\r\nHe said Iraqi resistance groups support the stance of the country's clerical leadership, which does not tolerate Washington's “theory of dependence and humiliation" of Iraq.\r\n\r\n"We believe we have reached the zero hour in facing off with the US," he said.\r\n\r\nYasser added that Iran's missile attack on the Ain al-Assad base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar earlier this month was a "prelude" to the expulsion of US forces from the country.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIRGC targets US airbases in Iraq in response to assassination of General Soleimani\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nIran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted US airbases in Iraq.\r\n\r\n\r\nQais al-Khazali, leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, which is part of the PMU, described Friday's rallies as a "second revolution" a century after the Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920 against British forces.","content_html":"

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Iraqis\u00a0have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Sayed Sadiq al-Hashemi, the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies, said more than 2.5 million took part in the demonstrations on Friday.<\/p>\n\n

Since the early hours on Friday, huge crowds\u00a0of men, women and children of all ages converged on the Jadriyah neighborhood near\u00a0Baghdad University.<\/p>\n\n

The protesters were seen carrying banners and chanting slogans calling for the expulsion of US forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\"Get out, get out, occupier!\" some shouted, while others chanted, \"Yes to sovereignty!\"<\/p>\n\n

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Iraqis hold \"million-man march\" against U.S. forces presence in their country \/ #Iraq<\/a> #IraqMillionManMarch<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/DFcpypfDCC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Iraq's\u00a0al-Ahd\u00a0news network reported that Iraqis from all of the country's provinces\u00a0had gathered in the city.<\/p>\n\n

On January 5, the Iraqi parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces after the US assassination of Iran's General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.<\/p>\n\n

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US rebuffs Iraq's call to withdraw troops from Arab country<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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The massive rally came\u00a0after influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage \"a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations\".<\/p>\n\n

Sadr issued a statement on Friday calling for\u00a0US bases to be shut down and Iraqi airspace closed to US warplanes and surveillance aircraft.<\/p>\n\n

He warned that US presence in the country will be dealt with as an occupying force if Washington does not agree with Iraqi demands to withdraw for the country.<\/p>\n\n

In a message delivered through a representative at Friday prayer in the holy city of Karbala, top cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani also urged Iraqi political groups to do what is needed to the safeguard the country's sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n

He called on Iraqi groups to stand united,\u00a0far from any foreign influence in countering the dangers which threaten the country.<\/p>\n\n

On\u00a0Thursday ahead of the planned rallies, Sadr called on Iraqis to mobilize and defend the country's independence and sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n

\"Oh women, men and youth of the country, the time is now upon us to defend the country, its sovereignty and dependence,\" Sadr said in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n

\"Spread the word of an independent future Iraq that will be ruled by the righteous; an Iraq which will not know of corruption nor aggression\" he added, calling on Iraqis to expel the \"tyrants\".<\/p>\n\n

Various\u00a0Iraqi resistance groups affiliated with the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have also backed the anti-American rally.<\/p>\n\n

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US forces to suffer heavy defeat if they refuse to leave Iraq: Hashd Sha'abi group<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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An Iraqi PMU group says it is ready to inflict a heavy loss on US military forces if they refuse to withdraw from the country.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Speaking to the Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel, Jaafar al-Husseini, a spokesman for the PMU-affiliated Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group, said \"other means\" will be used against the Americans if they do not leave Iraq.<\/p>\n\n

The American presence, he said, has led to corruption and instability in the country.<\/p>\n\n

In an interview with Iran's Tasnim news agency, Firas al-Yasser, a member of the political bureau of Iraq's\u00a0Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba,\u00a0said Friday's\u00a0rallies marked \"a new chapter\" in the Arab country's relations with the US.<\/p>\n\n

He said\u00a0Iraqi resistance groups support the stance of the country's clerical leadership, which does not tolerate Washington's \u201ctheory of dependence and humiliation\" of Iraq.<\/p>\n\n

\"We believe we have reached the zero hour in facing off with the US,\" he said.<\/p>\n\n

Yasser added that Iran's missile attack on the Ain al-Assad base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar earlier this month was a \"prelude\" to the expulsion of US forces from the country.<\/p>\n\n

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IRGC targets US airbases in Iraq in response to assassination of General Soleimani<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted US airbases in Iraq.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Qais\u00a0al-Khazali, leader of\u00a0Asa'ib\u00a0Ahl al-Haq, which is part of the PMU,\u00a0described Friday's rallies as a \"second revolution\" a century after the Great Iraqi Revolution of 1920 against British forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-01-25 09:08:09","content_date_finish":"2020-01-25 09:08:09","content_date_register":"2020-01-25 09:09:18","content_date_last_edit":"2020-01-25 17:19:21","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4242048408","attach_date_register":"2020-01-25 09:09:16","attach_id":"7076","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"650","attach_img_height":"365","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"1104","visit_date_last":"2024-11-25 08:54:13","attach_title":"Iraqis march in 'millions' to call for expulsion of US troops 3","node_title":"Favorite,Important,News,Ordinary","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":125, \"left\":62, \"right\":63},{\"node_id\":126, \"left\":64, \"right\":65},{\"node_id\":127, \"left\":66, \"right\":67}]","node_number":"4","allowable_node":"4"}]]