Demonstration in Najaf against Biden’s visit

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: Scores of citizens staged a demonstration in Najaf after the Friday prayer against U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s visit. The demonstration started from the Koufa mosque, condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq. The angry men called for the end of “American occupation in Iraq.” The protestors chanted slogans against America and Israel. “Iraqis rejected the presence of U.S. occupants in Iraq and we urge the government to end their presence and to prevent them from interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs,” one of the protestors told IraqiNews.com news agency. SH (TP) 557