Sadr’s Supporters Vow to Remain Inside Parliament, Iraqi Figures React

Supporters of Iraq’s firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have vowed to continue to remain inside the parliament after they breached Baghdad’s heavily fortified “Green Zone” and occupied the country’s legislature for the second time in days. “The demonstrators announce a sit-in until further notice,” Sadr’s movement said in a brief statement to journalists carried by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).     On Saturday, supporters of the mercurial cleric forced their way into the legislative chamber after they had gathered at the end of a bridge leading to the Green Zone, brandishing Sadr’s portraits and pulling down concrete barriers. Security forces…