IRAQ IIO
Summaries here and here and here.
So how’s that security going? Many of those booted out will no doubt be recruited by factions and militias.
Iraq’s Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry, whose police forces have been accused of complicity in sectarian attacks, has fired 3,000 employees accused of corruption or rights abuses and will change top commanders, a spokesman said Saturday.
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…most of the 3,000 employees who had been removed since May were suspected of corruption or human rights violations, but did not specify whether they were involved in militia activities. Up to 600 of them will face prosecution… Article
To coin a phrase, and so it goes. (emphasis added)
Iraq has resumed exports of crude oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan after an interruption of several months, according to an official of Iraq’s Northern Oil Company (NOC).
This good news for Iraq’s troubled oil indusry came, however, as the largest refinery in the country was shut down for the fourth day running due to a lack of electricity Saturday. Article
