Storming of the barricades: Hundreds of Shia protesters invade Baghdad's Green Zone, tearing down the blast walls and breaking into Iraq's parliamenthttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3567130/Storming-barricades-Hundreds-Shia-protesters-invade-Baghdad-s-Green-Zone-tearing-blast-walls-breaking-Iraq-s-parliament.htmlHundreds of supporters of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed into Baghdad's Green Zone and broke into the Iraqi parliament building.
The protesters, who had gathered outside the heavily fortified district, known as the Green Zone, crossed a bridge over the Tigris River chanting: 'The cowards ran away!' in apparent reference to departing lawmakers before breaking into the parliament building.
The staggering scenes came after Sadr denounced Iraq's politicians' for their failure to reform a political quota system blamed for rampant corruption.
