Anbar province to send delegations to religious clergymen for support

ANBAR/ Aswat al-Iraq: Governmental, tribal and religious delegations from Anbar province will visit Sadrist leader Muqtada al-Sadr and other Shiite clergymen to gather support to the demands of the demonstrators and guarantees for their implementation.

Deputy Chairman of the Council Saadoun al-Sha'lan told Aswat al-Iraq that the delegations will visit Najaf, Karbala, some other provinces and tribal sheikhs and report the results reached by the demonstrators for discussion.

Since 22 December 2012, Anbar province witnessed massive demonstrations and sit-in, in addition to Ninewa, Salahal-Din, Diala, Kirkuk and Baghdad demanding the release of innocent detainees and prisoners, while others called for toppling Maliki's government.

Ramadi, center of the province, lies 110 km west of the capital, Baghdad.