Iraq's Sadr calls for anti-US protests amid new rocket attack

BAGHDAD: Firebrand Iraqi leader Moqtada Al-Sadr called on Tuesday for a peaceful"million-strong march" against US troops in Iraq, days after parliament urged their departure following Washington's killing of an Iranian general in a drone strike.

He urged Iraqis to hold"a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations", without giving a date. The Iraqi parliament responded by voting on Jan 5 to oust foreign forces - including some 5,200 American troops - who have backed the fight against Islamic State militants since 2014.Bases where US forces are stationed have been under a steady stream of rocket attacks for several months that have killed one American contractor and one Iraqi soldier.

The rallies have persisted throughout but shifted to include calls for Iraq to be spared any conflict between Iran and the US.

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I heard this yesterday. Today, I heard it spun like he's trying to co-opt anti-Iran protests, when more typically the reverse would be going on.

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