Iraqi Choppers fly over Sadrist demonstration in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A number of Iraqi helicopters were seen flying over the areas, where hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, belonging to the Shiite al-Sadr Movement, took to the streets of east Baghdad’s al-Sadr city, chanting anti-American slogans and calling for U.S. troops withdrawal from Iraq by the end of the current year.   IraqiNews.com news agency correspondent, covering the demonstration, also said that he saw large numbers of Iraqi Army and security forces, spread all over al-Sadr city, closing all the roads leading to the city, to watch the demonstration that began at 08:00 am local time (05:00 GMT).   SKH (PT)   485