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For the second time this week, demonstrators stormed the Iraqi Parliament on Saturday, 30 July, to protest against the prime ministerial nomination by rival, Iran-backed parties.
The Iraqi parliament on 27 July saw hundreds of protesters storm the building. They were supporters of a cleric named Muqtada al-Sadr, whose political party, the Sadrist Movement, had emerged as the winner of the 2021 parliamentary elections.
Lieutenant Colonel David S. Rainey
Lieutenant Colonel David S. Rainey was commissioned as a second lieutenant, upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in May 2004. He then reported to The Basic School (TBS) in June 2004 and graduated in January 2005. After TBS, he attended the Military Police Officer Basic Course at the U.S. Army Military Police School in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and graduated in May 2005.
In May 2005, Second Lieutenant Rainey was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373 at MCAS Miramar in San Diego, California. While there, he served as the Military Police Platoon Commander. In September 2006, First Lieutenant Rainey deployed with MWSS 373 to Al Taqqadum, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 05-07.2. After returning in March 2007, he was assigned as the S-3 Training Officer, where he served until September 2007.