Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Tens of thousands of followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr marked the ninth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on Monday by demanding improvements in public services in the war-torn country. Some of the protesters carried coffins marked "electricity," "water" and "education" through the streets of the southern oil city of Basra. Others carried cables and water containers to express their frustration with the lack of basic utilities. Iraqi security officials estimated the crowd at 100,000 to 120,000 people, many of whom carried Iraqi flags, banners and pictures of al-Sadr -- the Shiite Muslim leader whose former militia once fought numerous pitched battles with U.S. troops. With the American military now out of Iraq, the banners challenged Iraq's new political leaders, asking "Where are your promises?" |
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