Firebrand Iraqi leader Moqtada Sadr called Tuesday for a "million-strong march" against the presence of US troops in Iraq, days after parliament voted for their departure following Washington's killing of an Iranian general in a Baghdad drone strike.
"The skies, land and sovereignty of Iraq are being violated every day by occupying forces," the Shia cleric turned populist politician wrote on Twitter.
He urged Iraqis to hold "a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations", without giving a date.
Washington on January 3 killed a revered Iranian general, Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, in a strike that also killed a senior Iraqi military official.
The Iraqi parliament responded by voting on January 5 to oust foreign forces - including some 5,200 American troops - who have been backing the fight against Islamic State jihadists since 2014.
Soleimani's killing also came weeks into mass anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad and the country's south, condemning politicians seen as corrupt, inept and under the sway of both the US and Iran.
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