Militias tightening the noose around Iraq

Iran-backed militias suppress the ongoing demonstrations in Iraq by all means.
The
members of the Peace Companies militia, which is loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada
al-Sadr, staged yet a new aggression against peaceful demonstrators on Tahrir
Square at the center of Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Members
of the militia attacked the demonstrators on the square because of their
continual criticism of the militia for forcing those staging a sit-in inside a
Turkish restaurant near the square to get out of it, according to local
sources.
The
members of Peace Companies militia attacked the demonstrators with blunt
weapons, but threatened to kill the demonstrators later, the sources said.
Blood
Tension
is piling up on the square because of the return of the members of the militia
to the square, some activists said.
The militia
entered the Turkish restaurant, forced the demonstrators who staged a sit-in
inside it to go out and then turned off the lights and closed the restaurant.
Campaign
of terror
On
February 3, the followers of Shia Iraqi Shiite leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, had
shot at peaceful demonstrators in the southern city of Najaf. Sadr had earlier
asked his followers to help the authorities reopen roads blocked by months of
demonstrations. He called for bringing life back to normal in Iraq, especially
after Mohamed Tawfiq Allawi took over as prime minister.
The new
prime minister called for defusing the crisis in Iraq and not giving the chance
to those whom he described as "corrupt people" to pull Iraq back.
Activists
said, meanwhile, that the members of Peace Companies had started taking
escalatory measures to disperse the demonstrations which are originally
directed against what they described as the "corrupt political class"
in Iraq.
Sources
in the southeastern Iraqi province of Maysan said hundreds of militia members
were deployed in the streets and close to government offices to prevent any
possible strikes.