Sadrists in Kut protest aggression on Gaza

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Hundreds of Sadrists, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, on Friday staged a demonstration in protest of the Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip, according to a source from the Sadrist office in the city. “The protesters started their peaceful march from al-Kut Grand Mosque and ended at the province’s administrative building,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The demonstrators raised Palestinian and Iraqi flags and banners condemning aggression on Gaza,” he added. The Palestinian people are coming under merciless Israeli attacks for 20 days now. The attacks left more than 1,000 people killed and more than 4,000 others wounded, mostly women and children. An extraordinary Arab summit was convened today (Jan. 16) in the Gulf state of Qatar, where Iraq takes part with a delegation led by Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi, to tackle the Israeli offensive on Gaza. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1