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| Iraqi protesters storming the Green Zone in Baghdad (Image: Ahram Online) |
Ahram Online -BAGHDAD: Hundreds of protesters climbed over the blast walls surrounding
Baghdad's highly-fortified Green Zone for the first time on Saturday and
stormed into parliament, carrying Iraqi flags and chanting against the
government.
The breach
marked a major escalation in the country's political crisis following months of
anti-government protests, sit-ins and demonstrations by supporters of
influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
