Iraqis protest against US occupation raids 
 
Basra, 2007 Nov 2, Al-Manar 
 
Hundreds of Iraqis protested in the centre of the southern Iraqi city of Basra after Friday prayers against recent US occupation military raids targeting followers of Iraqi cleric Sayyed Moqtada al-Sadr.

"No! No! to America. No! No! to occupation," shouted demonstrators who gathered in Basra's central Al-Timaima neighborhood.

They were protesting against recent US occupation military operations in the central cities of Diwaniyah and Karbala.

"We condemn and denounce these raids targeting Sadrists," said Ali al-Suaidi, an official from Sadr's office in Basra.