The people don’t want the Americans’: Gaza war fuels tensions in Iraq

The people don’t want the Americans’: Gaza war fuels tensions in Iraq

Asalvo of machine gun fire, customary during funerals, illuminated the night sky as dozens of men converged in a dimly lit, unpaved alley on the edges of the sprawling slums of Sadr city to pay their respects. A giant picture of Ali Hassan al-Daraaji had been erected outside the family home in north-east Baghdad to announce his “martyrdom” in this week’s US airstrikes on Iraqi armed groups.

 

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