Photographs of the former prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, with a gun were denied by Maliki’s office. It was claimed that the photos of the gun, which became the agenda on social media after the parliamentary raid, were taken earlier.
In Iraq, supporters of the Shiite Sadr Group leader Muqtada Sadr raided the parliament building in the Green Zone, where government buildings and foreign missions are located in the capital Baghdad, yesterday evening.
After the events, photos of the leader of the State of Law Coalition and former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in military clothes and with a gun were shared on social media.
IT HAS BEEN AGENDA IN SOCIAL MEDIA
The poses of al-Maliki, who is in opposition groups with Sadr, with a gun with his bodyguards were interpreted as a message to Sadr, and it aroused great interest in the social media in a short time. Making a statement about the photographs, Hisham al-Rukabi, the Office Manager of al-Maliki, claimed that the photographs were taken in 2014, when the terrorist organization DAESH invaded the country.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Hundreds of supporters of the Sadr Group, who gathered all the Shiite parties except Sadr and objected to the Coordination Group, which includes Maliki, to nominate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as prime minister, stormed the parliament building.
To disperse the crowd, the security forces used tear gas and fired into the air.
4 protesters were injured when security forces opened fire.
Al-Maliki, on the other hand, demanded the government to protect the institutions.
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