The Iraqis hung an effigy of Donald trump during anti-American rally with a demand to expel American troops. Al-Sadr demanded to cancel all the existing security agreement and to close U.S. military bases. He said that if his conditions are met, «the resistance will temporarily stop until the last soldier leaves Iraq.»
Tens of thousands of Iraqis were held January 24 through Baghdad denouncing President trump. They carried with them the image of the hanged man commander of the United States.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis converged on Baghdad to rally against the presence of U.S. military in the country https://t.co/GkDhediXDW
— Steven A. Cook (@stevenacook) January 24, 2020
Reportedly, that night, security forces killed two anti-government protesters during separate operations near the venue of massive anti-American rally.
Here is Baghdad, #Iraq . Police authorities say over one million took part in the rally against US military presence. Mainstream media downgraded the crowd to thousands! #iraqProtest #IraqMillionManMarch pic.twitter.com/LmUWRcmikL
— Habib Abdolhossein (@HAbdolhossein) January 24, 2020
Hostile sentiment arose a few weeks after an American airstrike drones killed Iranian General Kassem of Soleimani in Tehran.
As reported by the Sun, while the turnout at the meeting in Baghdad was really high, she did not have the number of the «March of a million people», appointed by the politician and the cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
At the current gathering in Baghdad that Sadr & PMU (& of course #Iran) have planned, militias have symbolically hanged Trump and US troops !!!#Iraq 🇮🇶 #LongArmOfIran pic.twitter.com/cVgt2WUFNc
— Aleph 🕯 this א (@no_itsmyturn) January 24, 2020
«We want them all out of the country — America, Israel and the corrupt politicians in the government,» said the health worker and the participant Rayd Abu Zahra, reports the Daily Mail.
Disturbing images of effigies of the hanged man trump could be seen during a large-scale demonstration, which was held under the roar from the speakers: «no, No America!»
«Hey, Tramp! We will not allow you to turn Iraq into a battlefield», reads one banner.
You can see the baby with a sign: «Death to America. Death To Israel».
People hold ‘million-man rally’ against US military presence in Iraq#MillionManMarch #Iraq pic.twitter.com/NIlmAjPriD
— NewsAnew24 (@NewsAnew24) January 24, 2020
Protester Amer Saad, 18, said: «American forces must leave. I’m willing to fight against the Americans, if Muqtada al-Sadr city will ask us.»
The Americans added 20,000 additional troops to the middle East during the last crisis. 5000 us troops in Iraq prepare local forces to combat the terrorist group ISIL.
