The Iraqiya network has reported that the a US force raided the residence of Mithal al-Alousi, member of parliament and general secretary of the Iraqi 'Umma party, inside the Green Zone in the center of Baghdad, Aswat al-Iraq reports in Arabic.
Further details on the raid were not available.
One day before, the MP had demanded that the US embassy should be relocated from its current site at the Republican Palace inside the Green Zone, saying that the foreign presence in the building was a provocation to the feelings of Iraqis.
Alousi told Radio Sawa, the American state-run Arabic-language broadcaster that he was initiating a signature-gathering campaign to move the seat of the US embassy to another location, saying he was confident that he would gather millions of signatures, according to separate media reports in Arabic.
The MP called upon the Parliament to support the effort, saying that the Republican Palace was a symbol of Iraqi sovereignty, and therefore the foreign presence in it was not appropriate.
