Tweets of the Week

Jane Arraf reports for Al Jazeera, The Christian Science Monitor and PRI.



Protesters in Anbar Province were talking of coming to Baghdad Friday to participate in morning prayers and a sit-in.  Nouri al-Maliki immediately began working to prevent that from happening.  On Monday, Arraf Tweeted:

18h jane arraf ‏@janearraf

#Iraqi army security checks from #Ramadi/Fallujah to #Baghdad blocking traffic for miles days ahead of Friday protest in Baghdad.

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   11h jane arraf ‏@janearraf

   
   

   #Iraq army closing roads from #Fallujah for the night. 'Don't you know what the situation is like?' soldier says.

   
   

   
   

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Tuesday, she continued her coverage:

1. 6h jane arraf ‏@janearraf

   Back in #Baghdad this evening, anti-aircraft batteries along the river, roadblocks, rumors of a Thursday curfew. That is some scary protest.

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And Friday, she Tweeted about the protests.

4 hrs jane arraf ‏@janearraf

In #Iraq protest central #Ramadi, cleric makes clear these are Sunni protests, says Iranians have more freedom in Baghdad than they do.

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4 hrs jane arraf ‏@janearraf

#Ramadi sheikh to more than 100,000 protestors - we are exiles in our own country. Other protests in #Iraq warn they will come to Baghdad.

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