Iraq cleric’s followers camped out in parliament for second day
The Morning Standard|August 01, 2022
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Iraq cleric’s followers camped out in parliament for second day

BAGHDAD

WITH mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day.

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