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30 killed & 700 wounded n #Iraq following inter-Shia clashes btwn @Mu_Alsadr supporters on one side & other Shia groups, including the security forces, on the other side. This battle is not expected to last for very long but the sequence of events leads to Al-Sadr responsibility.
It is the responsibility of @Mu_AlSadr to come out and ask his supporters, including the well-armed Saraya al-Salam, to leave the streets and provinces and end this useless battle.
The Sadrist supporters closed Um al-Kasr harbour in #Basrah, disturbing the oil export.
The Sadrist supporters closed Um al-Kasr harbour in #Basrah, disturbing the oil export.
#Breaking
Dozens of @Mu_AlSadr supporters gathering in #Baghdad’s Tahrir square and preparing for tomorrow’s demonstrations against Candidate for #Iraq’s presidency Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani.
Dozens of @Mu_AlSadr supporters gathering in #Baghdad’s Tahrir square and preparing for tomorrow’s demonstrations against Candidate for #Iraq’s presidency Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani.
I've started combining locations highlighted in my #connectivity research with in-situ listening via #radiogarden. Right now, the port of Constanta, Romania on the #BlackSea, while scanning a modernisation programme with "civilian-military dual-use of transport infrastructure" 1/ 
This morning, the port of #Alexandroupoli, Greece on the #ThracianSea with strategically important position for regional #energyflows. Scanning #flowsecurity development & mooted sale of majority stake of port to US commercial interests... / #connectivity & #radiogarden 2/
Nothing listed for the port of #Sabetta, Russia so Novy Urengoy closest station (375 miles away): Scanning the voyage of Christophe de Margerie, expanding navigation window in the eastern sector of Russian #Arctic, confirming year-round safe navigation... #psychoconnectivity 3/
