(15 Nov 2024)
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Baghdad, Iraq – 15 November 2024
1. Various of protestors burning US, UK, and Israel flags, and chanting (Arabic) “No, no for America. No, no for Israel”
2. Various of protestors holding Palestinian and Lebanese flags and chanting (Arabic) “No, no for Israel. Yes, yes for Islam.”
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hakim al Zamili, member of Iraqi Parliament:
“Today, we held a protest after Friday prayers in al-Sadr city. These prayers are the largest in Iraq, therefore, we have decided to speak against the Zionist and American crimes of killing children, women, and elderly people. Along with the destruction of infrastructure, burning of trees, and destruction of what can be destroyed. Therefore, we have spoken clearly and it was upon an order from leader Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr, may God bless him.”
4. Various of Iraqis holding flags and posters during Friday prayers speech
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hakim al Zamili, member of Iraqi Parliament
“This ongoing killing which is taking place with silence from Arab, Islamic, and international communities towards these crimes that kill children, women, and elderly people.”
6. Various of Friday prayers from al Sadr city in Baghdad
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad after Friday prayers to protest against Israel and its Western allies over the war in the Middle East.
Protestors, many of whom were followers of influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, burned flags of the US, the UK and Israel during the demonstration.
They also waved Palestinian and Lebanese flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans.
"We have decided to speak against the Zionist and American crimes of killing children, women, and elderly people," said Hakim al Zamili, a member of Iraqi Parliament.
AP video by Ali Jabar
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