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Al Sadr protest continues near Green Zone

(19 Mar 2016) Thousands of supporters of an influential Iraqi Shiite cleric continued a sit-in protest in front of the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday. Supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr are following his demands for government reforms, an end to corruption and greater accountability by officials in power. On Friday, protesters pushed through security lines, cut coils of barbed wire and surged over a bridge on the Tigris to reach the outer walls of the Green Zone. The fortified complex is home to the country's political elite, foreign embassies and the government headquarters. Sadr has labelled it a "bastion of support for corruption." Last summer, at the height of a largely spontaneous, secular protest movement, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi proposed reforms that he pledged would address corruption and mismanagement. His proposal was quickly backed by Iraq's parliament and the country's influential Shiite clerics, handing the newly appointed Iraqi leader a powerful mandate. But in the following months Iraqis witnessed few changes and al-Abadi's support began to crumble. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...