RE: Protests Begin in Iraq - Shia Upset with Government in Baghdad
These protesters are not innocent, they follow a Shiite leader called Muqtada Sadr. You can say he runs the slums at the outskirts of Baghdad. This guy used to be a patriot and was part of the resistance against the US invasion to his country, a couple of visits to Saudi recently and he flipped180 degrees.
Beside moral religious affect for his own sect, the timings of these movements - unrelated to their alleged demands - are very bad for the Shiite (Shia) sect who have rituals these days where an estimated 3 - 4 millions, most of them come from Iran, march, literally, on a pilgrimage to the tombs of the grandsons of the prophet, a ritual very much not within the Islam faith, but that's another debate.
Imagine those millions are now prevented from their rituals, first the disappointment as for many this is a once a lifetime journey, and the losses to Iraq's economy losing the income from hosting these millions over few days.
Doubled by security risks. Keep in mind that in our region nothing good ever came or will ever come from the US camp.
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I figured Sadr was involved. He isn't friendly with the US or Iran, so would Saudis back him and these protests?
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That's what I said. BTW this is a very dumb move by the Saudis, as usual of them, they are already hated enough in the region, this just adds more dedicated millions hating them instead of gaining them.
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I'm surprised Sadr would side with them.
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Money talks.
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