INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shafaq News/ Baghdad's Operations Command ramped up security near and inside the capital city's ultra-secure Green Zone as tension simmers
following a protest of Muqtada al-Sadr loyalists near the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council.A source told Shafaq News Agency that
military and security forces are not allowed to enter the Green Zone without obtaining approval from the Joint Operations Command."Armed
manifestations shall be banned inside the cities
Inspection and background checks will also be stepped up," the source added. In the same context, the commander of the special force in
charge of the Green Zone's security, Major-General Hamed al-Zuhairi, briefed the chair of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zeidan,
on the measures taken to preserve security inside the area housing top state departments and foreign missions."The right of peaceful
demonstration is guaranteed by the constitution as long as state institutions are not assaulted," Judge Zeidan said, according to the
statement by the Supreme Judicial Council.
