Iraq, which was occupied as the first action by the AKP that celebrates its 21st birthday, joined hands with the United States, entered a new environment of conflict and turmoil in the 20th year of the occupation.
After the September 11 attacks, which US organized, the largest share of the Crusade, which was launched by the multinational coalition forces led by the United States and Britain, fell to Iraq. Despite the Parliament's rejection of the March 1, 2003 resolution, there has been no peace in Iraq since March 20, 2003, when the US army opened the airspace of the government and dropped the first bomb on the capital Baghdad. With the invasion of Iraq, the state was destroyed, the political order could not be established and the square was left to terrorist organizations. In the 20th year of the invasion of Iraq, in which 2 million people died, the atmosphere of conflict prevails in the country again.
THE NUMBER OF DEAD IS INCREASING QUICKLY
As a result of the protests that broke out after the decision of Sadr Group leader Muqtada Sadr to quit politics in Iraq, the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad turned into a battlefield. The death toll exceeded 20, the number of injured rose to 350. 4 rockets fell in the sheltered Green Zone, where foreign mission representations and governmental buildings are located in Baghdad.
Violence is increasing in the protests that broke out after the decision of Sadr Group leader Muqtada Sadr to quit politics in Iraq. Sadr supporters, who stormed the Presidential Palace in the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad, were evacuated from the palace after the security forces intervened with tear gas and fire into the air. In a written statement, Iraqi President Barham Salih, calling for restraint from all parties, stated that peaceful protest is a legitimate right, but disrupting state institutions is a dangerous development, and demanded that Sadr Group supporters withdraw from state institutions.
4 ROCKETS FALL IN THE GREEN ZONE
In the capital of Iraq, Baghdad, 4 rockets fell into the sheltered Green Zone, where government buildings and foreign mission representations are located. In a written statement made by the information unit of the Ministry of Defense, in the Green Zone in Baghdad, It was stated that 4 rockets fell in an area where the lodgings are located and material damage was caused. In the statement, which was recorded that the rockets were launched from the Habibiyye and Belediyyat regions in the east of Baghdad, no other information was shared. Muqtada es-Sadr, the leader of the Sadr Movement, the winner of the general elections held in Iraq last year, announced that he had ‘completely withdrawn from politics’ in a statement he made on his social media account yesterday.
THEY PROTESTED THE GOVERNMENT
A group of Sadr supporters gathered in front of the Government Palace in the sheltered Green Zone, where government buildings and foreign mission representations are located in the capital, and protested the government. Despite the security measures taken, the pro-Sadr group, which demolished the concrete barriers and gathered in front of the Government Palace, called on the government officials to resign. Thereupon, a curfew was declared in Baghdad due to the action of Sadr supporters. A pro-Sadr group raided the Presidential Palace in the Green Zone, the other group of Shiite leader's supporters had entered the Government Palace. Security forces in the Green Zone in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, tried to drive the supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadr Movement, away from the region by shooting.
THE ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN RAIDED BEFORE
Muqtada es-Sadr had the deputies of the Sadr Movement resign after the government could not be formed due to the disagreement between him and the Shiite groups close to Iran. Then, when the Coordination Framework, a Shiite political umbrella organization close to Iran, determined Mohammed Shyia Sudani as the prime minister candidate, Sadr supporters entered the Green Zone on July 30, stormed the Parliament building and started a sit-in there. Shiite leader Sadr called on his supporters to leave the Parliament on August 2 and continue the sit-in around the building.
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WARNS ABOUT TRAVEL
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a travel warning to Iraq. In a statement made by the Ministry, “Considering that the security situation in Baghdad has started to deteriorate, It is recommended that our citizens refrain from traveling to the aforementioned city except for compulsory situations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs advised Turkish citizens already in Iraq to ‘stay away from areas where mass demonstrations are held,’” the statement said.