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Iraqi cleric tells loyalists to leave streets after clashes

In this frame grab from video, people mourn next to Iraqi flag-draped coffins of two fighters who were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone, at the Imam Ali Shrine during their funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The fighters were among at least 30 people who have died in two days of unrest, according to officials. Those backing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who resigned suddenly Monday amid a political impasse, earlier stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies. (AP Photo) In this frame grab from video, people pray next to Iraqi flag-draped coffins of two fighters who were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone, at the Imam Ali Shrine during their funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The fighters were among at least 30 people who have died in two days of unrest, according to officials. Those backing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who resigned suddenly Monday amid a political impasse, earlier stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies. (AP Photo) In this frame grab from video, coffins wrapped with the Iraqi flag of two fighters who were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone, are brought to Imam Ali Shrine during their funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The fighters were among at least 30 people who have died in two days of unrest, according to officials. Those backing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who resigned suddenly Monday amid a political impasse, earlier stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies. (AP Photo) In this frame grab from video, coffins wrapped with the Iraqi flag of two fighters who were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone, are brought to Imam Ali Shrine during their funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The fighters were among at least 30 people who have died in two days of unrest, according to officials. Those backing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who resigned suddenly Monday amid a political impasse, earlier stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies. (AP Photo) In this frame grab from video, people mourn next to Iraqi flag-draped coffins of two fighters who were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone, at the Imam Ali Shrine during their funeral, in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The fighters were among at least 30 people who have died in two days of unrest, according to officials. Those backing cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who resigned suddenly Monday amid a political impasse, earlier stormed the Green Zone, once the stronghold of the U.S. military that's now home to Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies. (AP Photo) Iraqi security forces fire tear gas on the followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr inside the government Palace, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Al-Sadr, a hugely influential Shiite cleric announced he will resign from Iraqi politics and his angry followers stormed the government palace in response. The chaos Monday sparked fears that violence could erupt in a country already beset by its worst political crisis in years. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi cleric tells loyalists to leave streets after clashes