BAGHDAD, Iraq - Security forces in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have warned journalists to stay away from the Green Zone following threats by protesters to attack it, a Rudaw reporter in Baghdad said on Tuesday.
“We have been told that the protesters may attack the Green Zone and warned journalists to protect themselves by leaving the area,” Mustafa Goran, the Rudaw reporter in Baghdad said.
The Iraqi Army deployed heavy weapons to Baghdad’s Green Zone on Tuesday. All of the capitals government institutions are closed due to these tensions Goran said.
Earlier on Tuesday Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was prevented from speaking in parliament as large demonstrations in Baghdad demanded urgent reforms and a reshuffle of the government cabinet.
Rudaw video footage from inside the house showed MPs screaming and calling on Abadi to leave the chamber. Ammera Zangana, a Kurdish MP in the Iraqi parliament, told Rudaw that 171 MPs attended Tuesday’s session in the 328 seat parliament.
Abadi was in parliament as hundreds of angry protesters took to the streets of Baghdad as part of a march they claim to be made-up of a million demonstrators.
These demonstrators warned that parliament must vote on the creation of a technocratic government on Tuesday.
“We have been told that the protesters may attack the Green Zone and warned journalists to protect themselves by leaving the area,” Mustafa Goran, the Rudaw reporter in Baghdad said.
The Iraqi Army deployed heavy weapons to Baghdad’s Green Zone on Tuesday. All of the capitals government institutions are closed due to these tensions Goran said.
Earlier on Tuesday Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was prevented from speaking in parliament as large demonstrations in Baghdad demanded urgent reforms and a reshuffle of the government cabinet.
Rudaw video footage from inside the house showed MPs screaming and calling on Abadi to leave the chamber. Ammera Zangana, a Kurdish MP in the Iraqi parliament, told Rudaw that 171 MPs attended Tuesday’s session in the 328 seat parliament.
Abadi was in parliament as hundreds of angry protesters took to the streets of Baghdad as part of a march they claim to be made-up of a million demonstrators.
These demonstrators warned that parliament must vote on the creation of a technocratic government on Tuesday.
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