Sadr has been subjected to three assassination attempts in the past few years and the details of the latest

A deputy for the free reveals: Sadr has been subjected to three assassination attempts in the past few years and the details of the latest

2017/08/11 14:46



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The leader of the Sadrist movement Muqtada al-Sadr has been subjected to more than 3 "assassination attempts" after the adoption of the reform project in Iraq.

"The last assassination attempt against Sadr was during his return from Baghdad to the city of Al-Hananah, where one of the wheelstried to hit his motorcade, but thank God," he said.

He added that "attempts to assassinate him still exist and the Iraqi street is aware of the fact, considering that Sadr is one of the most prominent opponents of external interference in the Iraqi affairs, and the presence of a local force working for the agenda of foreign and armed wings, which triggered the feelings of beneficiaries."

He said that "those beneficiaries, do not like the moderate national speech," accusing "the (not named), disturbed by the reformist Sadr's project, to stand behind his assassination with the help of a regional state."

The new Arab newspaper reported in a report on Friday that there is a plan to assassinate the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr's political goal and aims to ignite sedition within the Shiite component.

"More than 50 fighters called the elite forces of the Sadrist movement have recently been called up as a protection force for Sadr's leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, who surround his house and accompany him as he travels through the Iraqi capital Baghdad or inside Najaf," the paper said.

She added that this movement came "after receiving intelligence information that there is a direct threat to the life of the chest, noting that the fighters were authorized to fire without returning to the leadership, in the event of any sense of danger surrounding the chest, amid the great silence on his movements by the leadership of the current, The police or the army in the task of securing the chest like the clergy and political leaders in Iraq. "

The newspaper quoted what she described as leaders of the Sadrist movement in Baghdad, saying that "Sadr received the end of June, information from officers in the Iraqi intelligence service confirms the existence of" a plot to assassinate him, as well as other prominent leaders of the Sadrist movement, "they said" But a political "and aims to ignite sedition within the same component, as described by one of the leading leaders of the Sadrist movement, a member of the Iraqi parliament also, who pointed out, according to the new Arab that" the current actions taken since then, and not after his return from Saudi Arabia as is Now circulating in Najaf, Baghdad and various Iraqi political circles " .

The newspaper quoted an Iraqi official as saying what he described as identical information from more than one point to "the existence of fears of an assassination targeting a prominent figure in Najaf, and the other talked about that the matter is Muqtada al-Sadr He explained that a radical armed wing split from the Sadrist movement in 2006 accused The stand behind the plan, especially after finding a recording of one of its important elements describes Sadr as "the headache of the Shiites" because of his positions that do not harmonize with other political partners, pointing to the existence of "conflict and rivalry between political forces and religious figures within the Shiite political house pushing certain parties to remove Rivals, even if through the assassination " .

"The prime minister (Haidar al-Abadi) ordered the activation of the intelligence service in Najaf, and the task of securing VIPs with police forces and equipping them with the necessary equipment," the official said.

For his part, deputy head of the "Liberal bloc," the political wing of the Sadrist movement, MP Mohammed Houry, the "new Arab", "The real threat to Mr. Muqtada al-Sadr because of his national positions and fight sectarianism." "In general, al-Sadr is martyrdom projects, and Muqtada al-Sadr explained in his sermon that he is under assassination," he said, accusing "those who are corrupt and those harmed by Sadr's reform project" to be behind the issue. Sayyed al-Sadr, but I do not know. "

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