Ali Al-Husseini, an official with the Popular Mobilization Unit, an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella militia organization, vowed that the PMU “will shut down and eliminate” the anti-government protesters on Friday at the million-man counter-demonstration.
WATCH: ‘We will eliminate the protesters,’ warns Iraqi official
Anti-government Iraqi women protesters chant slogans during the ongoing protests in Tahrir square, Baghdad, Jan. 10, 2020. (AP/Nasser Nasser)