AQI appears to have initiated the local protests, orgnized using cellphone text messages and mass-produced paper flyers in the district.

[Thanks to Charles Cameron on DoubleQuotes, via David Kilcullen, The Urban Tourniquet - 'Gated Communities' in Bagdad]

This is classic A QI info ops - stirring up the populations through a combination fo manipulation, intimidation and fear of other groups. The level of coordination and media manipulation applied in this case is also a hallmark of AQI info ops.