Inter-Shi’ite tension mounts in Baghdad after clashes Reuters – WBNews

left right Protesters carry a man overcome by tear gas after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad,Iraq February 11, 2017.. REUTERS /Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud 1/5 left right Protesters run from tear gas fired by security forces after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS /Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud 2/5 left right Protesters run from tear gas fired by security forces after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS /Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud 3/5 left right Protesters run from tear gas fired by security forces after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS /Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud 4/5 left right Protesters run from tear gas fired by security forces after supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr tried to approach the heavily fortified Green Zone during a protest at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq February 11, 2017. REUTERS /Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud 5/5 BAGHDAD Tension between Iraq’s Shi’ite leaders mounted on Sunday as the toll from protests in central Baghdad on Saturday increased to six killed, five demonstrators loyal to the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr…more detail