Sadrists in Wassit protest security pact

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Hundreds of the Sadrist Movement followers in Wassit demonstrated at central Kut city after today’s Friday prayers, condemning the Iraqi-U.S. long-term security agreement and the assassination of a Sadrist lawmaker on Thursday, said a Movement source in the city. “The demonstration, which started from the Kut Grand Mosque and ended at the city’s Martyr al-Sadr Office, denounced the Iraqi-U.S. long-term security agreement, military foreign presence in Iraq and the assassination of Dr. Salih al-Igaili,” the source told IraqiNews.com. He added during the demonstration that “a release issued by (Shiite leader) Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr calling on his followers to go to Baghdad on Saturday, October 18 th 2008, to demonstrate against the security agreement and foreign forces’ presence in Iraq was read out”. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad . MH (P)/AmR 2