URGENT Security forces enter maximum alert as protests continue

2018/7/14 11:23

URGENT

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Haider Abadi, to put all the security services in the case of maximum alert, warning {c}.
According to the circular issued by the Joint Operations Command (JOC), "leaders and officials in the Ministries of Defense and Interior and the Popular Propaganda Authority must immediatelybe present at the head of their units."
This security measure coincides with the continuation of demonstrations and popular protests that began in Basra since last Sunday and spread to other southern provinces demanding the improvement of services from water and electricity and job creation.
Some protests have seen sabotage of government institutions and public property.
There were casualties among members of the security forces after they were attacked by stone throwers.
"The Security Council met yesterday an emergency meeting headed by Abadi to discuss the security situation, and discussed the repercussions of what happened in some areas of sabotage by elements Almndes."
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office after the meeting that "our security and intelligence agencies small groups and organization trying to benefit From the peaceful demonstration of citizens to sabotage and attack state institutions and private property, and that our forces will take all the deterrent measures against these Almndsin and pursue them according to the law and that the abuse of security forces is a violation of the right of the country and sovereignty. "
The supreme religious authority, On Friday expressed its solidarity with the legitimate rights of the demonstrators, stressing at the same time the need to preserve public property and demonstrate peacefully and with civilizational failure.

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