Heavy Gunfire Rocks Iraq’s Green Zone Amid Protests

BAGHDAD (AP) – Supporters of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric are firing rocket-propelled grenades into Iraq’s Green Zone as machine gun fire crackled overhead, deepening the political chaos gripping the Mideast nation. Those backing influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr fired into the Green Zone on Tuesday, where it appeared Iraqi security forces were firing back at them. Live television footage showed the chaos, with at least one wounded man being taken away in a three-wheel rickshaw, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry visible behind them. The death toll rose to 22 Iraqis on Tuesday after the unrest erupted the previous day