Iraqi national guards opened fire at al-Sader demonstration

Members of the Iraqi national guards opened fire at a demonstration for the supporters of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader in Baghdad and this resulted in killing two Iraqis and wounding other 7.

The incident took place at "Imams" bridge between the two quarters of al-Azameyah and al-Kazeneyah when supporters for al-Sader were returning back from Friday's prayers in al-Kazemi courtyard after they had celebrated the death anniversary of their 9th Imam Mousa al-Kazem. On this occasion they organized a peaceful march that roamed the streets of al-Kazemeyah.

On the other hand, two Lebanese businessmen and the wife of one of them were killed during an attempt to kidnap them in al-Mansour quarters in Baghdad on Friday morning, according to the Lebanese foreign ministry which also said that a fourth Lebanese was injured in the attack.

Hundreds of Lebanese, most of them are businessmen live in Iraq. However, their number is decreasing notably after kidnapping operations and preventing the Lebanese by the Lebanese general security from working in security companies especially in Iraq.

Some 15 Lebanese were kidnapped and were released, most of the times after paying ransoms. Only one of them was killed by his kidnappers of an armed Islamic group calling itself " Saraya al-Ghadab al-Islami" ( the Islamic anger groups."