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Huge rally as Iraqis demand US troops pull out

Hello organizers are filling it a Xerox Million Man March sent from early morning fleets of buses have been ferrying streams of supporters into Baghdad for one of the largest anti-American protests in recent times.

Demonstrations:

Today's demonstrations were called by the former firebrand

US troops pull out:

Still hugely influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr he wants all US troops and other foreign influences to be removed from Iraq.

Martin Patience:

It is still significant anger over the US drone assassination earlier this month of senior Iranian general Hassan Sulemanas he left Baghdad International Airport to let's go live to our correspondent Martin patients who're in Baghdad at one of the demonstrations,

And Marcin what sort of numbers are we talking about well I've seen tens of thousands of protesters as you say,

Tim streaming to the gathering point from their layers of mourning many often were carrying Iraqi national flags others are wearing white trousers that of course is the symbol of sad as it was a largely peaceful march,

But when you spoke to some of the protesters their anger towards America, you could really sense if one the man said to me we hope that Donald Trump is listening to U.S troops need to leave the country.

If they don't leave the countries and they will step it up how much of this is a power play by Muqtada al-Sadr if you think back to what 2003 he led the maid army against US forces but he still wills hugely political power.

Now doesn't in modern-day Iraq huge influences are hugely influential Shia cleric he's also a populist politician if you like,

And he's a man who can bring tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands on to the streets it's interesting with this March he has shown his political hand he has swung behind the drawing anti.

The sentiment is a growing anti-American sentiment in Iraq following the assassination of Kasim'sManney the top Iranian general,

And he says that all American forces need to go so I think what it will do is pile get more pressure on their rocky government, the voice is calling for American forces to leave a growing louder,

But there are other voices quieter voices who actually want the Americans to say stay some of them are Kurds in the north or Sunni the Sunnis in the country and the reason they want Americans to stay is to keep a brake on sheer populace a bit like mater Darryl Sutter Shia militias,

Because of they believe that they are unloved and they've got rampant power in the country,

And then let's not forget the fight against the so-called Islamic state America has been pivotal in that fight and the feeling is that 8th American forces pull out of this country is could well stage a resurgence again ok mustn't ostentation setline thank you thank you very much deep.