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Mohanad Adnan - مۘــﮪــڼۨــد ؏ــدنۨــٰٱ̍نۨ

After weeks of debates amongst #Tishreeni actors regarding attendance at the long-awaited planning meeting for the third anniversary of the Tishreen Revolution, the meeting finally took place on Friday in #Nasiriyah. 🧵1/6
📷Ali Dab Dab

This is the first time in which #RDG has seen disparate actors within the broader Tishreeni network function properly as a collective movement rather than several power centers that compete amongst themselves for primacy. 2/6

It is not an understatement to say that the meeting was the first time they sat together in one room and concretely planned activities based on a shared vision. 3/6

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: president Barham Salih has appointed pro-Sadr politician Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as prime-minister, replacing al-Mahdi.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protesters in #Baghdad are already rejecting the appointment of Allawi, because of his pro-Sadr/IRGC sentiments.

They state that in the even Sadrist will try to kick them out of Tahrir Square, they will move the epicenter of the movement to #Nasiriyah in the south.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: protests against the appointment of #Allawi already taking place in #Basra tonight

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: packed streets in #Najaf today as thousands of Iraqis are marching to support the pro-reform movement

#Iraq 🇮🇶: the streets of #Nasiriyah joining Iraqis all over the country today in supporting the October revolution

#Iraq 🇮🇶: people in #Hilla (#Babil province) marching en masse against the Iraqi government

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Thomas van Linge

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The streets of #Iraq 🇮🇶 a day after the attempted clearing around Tahrir Square

#Iraq 🇮🇶: passageways to Tahrir Square are overflowing with protesters

#Iraq 🇮🇶: tear gas and live ammunition being fires at protesters in #Nasiriyah

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Osama Bin Javaid

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Escalation in #Nasiriya

After crossing the bridge, protesters surrounded police HQ of #dhiqar province. Reports say 60 protesters & 20 security forces injured in clashes

Earlier angry protesters burnt police vehicles reacting to a brutal crackdown which killed 4 &wounded dozens

Clashes have continued throughout the day in #Nasiriyah
Protesters say security forces trying to stop them & have burnt their tents. They accuse police of using live ammunition & tear gas which has wounded dozens

Southern Iraq's protests much larger & being repressed the hardest

Activists report heavy gunfire in #Dhiqar near the police headquarter building via @mustafairaqi0

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: another bad day in #Baghdad. Security forces have started clearing streets, burning down tents. Protesters are in tears

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Tahrir Square is flooding with hundreds of protesters, trying to prevent a clearing of the protest site

#Iraq 🇮🇶: night has fallen in #Baghdad and protesters are still out on Tahrir Square.

Seems the pro-reform movement lives to fight another day

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: thousands are gathering on Tahrir Square for the mass protest.

People are expected to rally all over the country today against foreign interference and the Iraqi government

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Iraqis marching against foreign interference in the southern city #Basra

From #Iraq 🇮🇶 to the United Nations

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: students at the university of #Fallujah (#Anbar) praying for the protesters killed in #Nasiriyah and #Najaf.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: Iraqis in the Christian town of Telskuf (#Ninawah) praying for the protesters killed these past days.

Across the country people are uniting against brutal state violence.

#Iraq 🇮🇶: students praying for the victims in the city of #Ramadi, all dressed in black.

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Thomas van Linge

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#Iraq 🇮🇶: since last night government forces have launched a very violent crackdown in #Nasiriyah, killing over a dozen protesters.

Footage shows soldiers opening fire in the city this morning