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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Hundreds storm parliament building with protesters pictured lounging on desks

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters broke into the capital's parliament building in protest against an Iran -backed Prime Minister nominee - with one pictured lounging on the speaker's desk.

The people in Baghdad who are loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who wants to end US and Iranian influence over Iraq's affairs, broke into the heavily protected Green Zone on Wednesday.

Supporters were pictured dancing and singing in parliament, walking on tables and waving Iraqi flags.

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