Iraq issues arrest warrants for Sadrist leaders after judiciary storming

The Iraqi judiciary issued arrest warrants and travel bans against key Sadrist movement leaders amid violent political conflicts, but their enforcement could be a sensitive task.
Iraqi police are pictured standing guard at the closed gate of the government headquarters.
Iraqi police are pictured standing guard at the closed gate of the government headquarters in Baghdad's Green Zone, on Aug. 29, 2022. Dozens of angry supporters of the powerful cleric stormed the Republican Palace, a security source said, shortly after Sadr said he was quitting politics. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images
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Arrest warrants have been issued for a number of Sadrist leaders after supporters of top Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the judiciary's headquarters in Baghdad last week.

The Karkh Investigation Court in Baghdad issued Aug. 23 an arrest warrant for Sabah Al-Saadi for the crime of threatening the Iraqi judiciary, along with other arrest warrants for senior aides to Sadr. 

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