Thousands, Including 'Orioles Fan' Breach Baghdad's Green Zone
BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Protestors, of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed into the Iraqi Parliament building over the weekend, including one man wearing an Orioles jersey.
The "Orioles fan" was among thousands who broke into the building waving Iraqi flags, and ransacking rooms.
CBS News reports supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been holding demonstrations and sit-ins for months to demand an overhaul of Iraq's corrupt and ineffective political system, but Saturday was the first time they broke into the Green Zone, home to most government ministries and foreign embassies.
Al-Sadr and his supporters want to reform the political system put in place following the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, in which entrenched political blocs representing the country's Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds rely on patronage, resulting in widespread corruption and poor public services.
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