Are you targeting a million Sadr demonstrators in Iraq?

Loay Al- Mosli - Baghdad

The demonstrators in Baghdad's Tahrir Square express their concerns about the potential impact of the million-dollar demonstration - called by the leader of the Sadrist movement in Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday to demand the departure of US forces - on their protest movement that has continued since October 1 last.

These concerns come after armed factions announced their support and participation in the "Million" Al-Sadr, and some point to them as being accused of being behind the killing and intimidation of protesters and activists in Baghdad and the southern provinces.

But Sadr sent them assurances two days before his "millionaire" demonstration and alerts to his followers and those who would participate in his demonstrations not to attack the protesters, even with a word, and disavowed the "undisciplined militias" and said, "We do not want them in our demonstrations," as published by the account of Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, who is close to him on Twitter.

In exchange for the one million that Sadr has called for and that will start Friday in Baghdad, the protesters of Tahrir Square and those who support them in the southern governorates began preparing for a million that would increase the momentum of their protest and confirm its continuity.

"The million-dollar demonstration that Sadr has called for will focus on driving out American forces and emphasizing the importance of Iraqi sovereignty, and there will be no goals for them to end the protests in Tahrir Square," he told Al-Jazeera Net Badr Al-Ziyadi, a member of the "Saeron" coalition led by Sadr. There are any problems with the sit-in protesters. "

This demonstration will not be confined to Sadr’s followers only, but will be attended by other armed factions, including the Asaib Ahl al-Haqqa and Al-Nujaba movements, as well as the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq that are “elite” forces in the armed Shiite factions, which raises the fears of civilian protesters.

Moussa Rahmallah, a member of the coordination formats for demonstrations in Iraq, tells Al-Jazeera Net "Iraqi protest arenas are not part of the Iranian-American conflict," considering that the calls that were launched for the demonstration were "politicized" and follow a specific political axis and were launched from a non-Iraqi city, so "it is far from our protests."

He added, "Some tried to cover up our protests and convey a message that they are of an Islamic partisan character and follow the axis that demands the removal of American forces, but we confirmed and affirmed that our protests are Iraqi against the injustice we are living in."

Exercise pressure
He tells Al-Jazeera Net, head of the Center for Political Thinking, Ihsan al-Shammari, "The goal of al-Sadr is focused on trying to pressure, popularly and politically, on the issue of removing American forces from Iraq, but I do not think that the main goal of al-Sadr will be to end the protest movement."

Al-Shammari does not rule out that "there will be other parties that fall under the millionaire demonstration called by Al-Sadr trying to provide parallel goals under the cover of removing American forces, including suppressing protests, but in conclusion they will not be able to end the protests that expand and are supported by the Shiite authority significantly, and the size of sympathy She is also big. "

Observers believe that the demonstration called by Al-Sadr can lead to some friction with protesters in the squares if they are found in one place, especially since there are campaigns inciting social networking sites to "expel" the protestors from them.