Iraqis mass to urge US troop ouster, rival rallies turn deadly

Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered to demand that American troops leave Iraq.

On Friday, one protester was struck in the neck by a live round while another died after being hit with a military-grade tear gas canister in clashes with security forces, medical and police sources told AFP. “If all this is implemented, we will deal with it as a non-occupying country – otherwise it will be considered a country hostile to Iraq,” the statement read.America’s military presence has been a hot-button issue in Iraq since a US drone strike killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and a top Iraqi commander in Baghdad on Jan 3.

The US said it had received prior warning of the strikes on Ain al-Asad, allowing troops to take cover. But they did not head for either, and instead several thousand youth flocked to Tahrir to insist on domestic reform. Separately, French NGO SOS Chretiens d’Orient said three French and one Iraqi worker went missing on Monday in Baghdad, where the foreigners were renewing their Iraqi visas.

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