After the storming of the government palace in the Iraqi capital and the subsequent fighting in the center of Baghdad, there are signs that the situation is easing.
After the escalation of violence in Iraq, the situation in the capital Baghdad has calmed down again. Supporters of the influential Shiite preacher Muqtada al-Sadr followed his order on Tuesday and ended their protest camp at the parliament. TV pictures showed them dismantling their tents.
The UN mission in Iraq welcomed Al-Sadr’s “moderate statement”. “Restraint and calm are necessary for sanity to prevail,” she wrote on Twitter. Acting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kasimi tweeted that al-Sadr’s call to end violence was “the epitome of patriotism.”
The month-long power struggle between al-Sadr and his political opponents had previously turned violent. Militias from both sides fought in the heavily secured Green Zone in the center of the capital Baghdad. Al-Sadr then ordered his supporters to end their protest camp in the government district on Tuesday. In a TV speech, he said it made him sad what had happened. The security forces lifted the curfew in Baghdad.
Al-Sadr’s movement emerged as the strongest force in last October’s parliamentary elections. However, he failed to form a government. He refused to cooperate with the pro-Iranian parties. In this political stalemate, al-Sadr called for the dissolution of parliament and new elections, which his opponents oppose. At the same time, the preacher relied on the pressure of the street.
Source: Stern
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