Yesterday, Baghdad and nine Iraqi provinces witnessed a state of calm and stability after the security forces entered the demonstration grounds, amid the welcome of the demonstrators. This comes in light of the complete absence of the blue hats owners of Muqtada Al-Sadr, who left under pressure from the Shiite authority and political forces, after the escalation of violence and forcing the demonstrators to dismantle the protest grounds.
Eyewitnesses said that the security forces entered the demonstration arenas and wandered in with demonstrators in Baghdad and nine governorates, based on a decision by the Ministry of Defense to take over the security forces to extend security and remove the armed groups affiliated to the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, who tried during the past days to break up demonstrations and sit-ins by force.
According to witnesses, the security leaders in Baghdad and the provinces began late Friday night to take over the operations of extending security and the participation of the demonstrators in their activities, and the removal of armed groups from the blue hats who quietly left the squares, while the voices of the demonstrators came after the security forces deployed by chanting and raising the flags of Iraq.
The witnesses indicated that the demonstrators allowed the security forces to inspect the tents of the sit-in, listen to the directions of the security forces, provide a safe environment for the protesters to express their demands peacefully without compromising the security and stability of the country, and agree to limit the area of the demonstration to the demonstration areas, not to cut roads and bridges, and to reopen government departments and schools.
According to witnesses, the demonstration yards were "devoid of blue hats."
The Ministry of Defense had called on its leaders in Baghdad and the governorates of Basra, Nasiriyah, Maysan, Diwaniyah, Wasit, Karbala, Najaf, and Babel to work with "all its energies and capabilities to protect our people in general, and to stand at the same distance from all for the sake of the national interest."
In a press statement, the ministry called on all its officers and officers to take their real and determined role towards those who want to tamper with the security and stability of the country. Motherland".
Yesterday, Tahrir Square, in the middle of Baghdad, witnessed several student activities, amid the continuing sit-in rejecting the assignment of the former Minister of Communications Muhammad Allawi to form the government, and a rejection of the violations suffered by the demonstrators in Najaf and Karbala during the past days at the hands of what are known as the owners of the "blue hats".
A number of demonstrators in the Iraqi capital also called on the United Nations to pressure the Iraqi government to abolish the quota system, freeze the constitution, and quickly form a transitional government.
In a letter they addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General, the demonstrators called for intervention to stop the violence, which caused the death of more than 800 people and more than 25,000 wounded, according to the statistics of the demonstrators, while the Iraqi Human Rights Commission indicated the death of more than 500 people.
As for Babil Governorate, the city of Hilla witnessed new demonstrations yesterday, refusing to assign Allawi, but security forces clashed with a number of protesters near the governorate building, and beat them.
In addition, Qadisiyah also witnessed demonstrations and chants against the parties, and Maysan witnessed continued demonstrations rejecting the policy of repressive parties.
In Basra, tribal demonstrations in support of the protesters' position rejecting Allawi's mandate continued. On the other hand, a source in the Iraqi police said yesterday that a soldier was seriously wounded in the explosion of an explosive device targeting an army vehicle south of Baghdad.
And the Iraqi news site, Alsumaria News, quoted the source as saying, "An explosive device exploded targeting an army wheel while it was passing on the road to Rustumiya, south of Baghdad, which resulted in a serious injury to a soldier."
Baghdad demonstrators appeal to the United Nations to pressure the Iraqi government to abolish the quota system.
The security forces entered the demonstrating grounds and wandered with the demonstrators.