Hundreds of supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have stormed Baghdad's Green Zone and some entered the Iraqi parliament building after lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government.
The protesters, who had gathered outside the heavily fortified district housing government buildings and foreign embassies, crossed a bridge over the Tigris River on Saturday chanting, "The cowards ran away!" in apparent reference to lawmakers leaving parliament, a witnesses told Reuters.
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