can almost guess who wants a revolt....
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The report said that “the prime minister’s office has on a number of occasions intervened on cases involving political supporters.”
An al-Maliki adviser acknowledged to NBC that the problem of corruption in Iraq is “huge,” but denied that al-Maliki’s office has intervened in investigations. He said the prime minister is working hard to minimize the problem.
The draft report obtained by NBC said the Iraqi Ministry of Health, which oversees the country’s hospitals, is in the “grip” of the Mahdi Army, the anti-American militia run by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
“Contract fraud and employee theft of medicines, food, vehicles are viewed by investigators as the greatest problems,” the report said, adding that “military sources have reported that the Mehdi Army [sic] finances operations from diverted medicines.”
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20043428/
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s efforts to seek reconciliation among the country’s rival factions.
Violence continued unabated, with 50 people killed and 60 wounded when a homicide attacker exploded a fuel truck near a gas station in western Baghdad. Another 17 died in a separate car bomb attack in a central region of the capital. The U.S. military announced the deaths of three American soldiers killed by a sophisticated, armor-piercing bomb.
Rafaa al-Issawi, a leading member of the Front, said at a news conference in the capital that the bloc’s six Cabinet ministers would submit their resignations later in the day.
Al-Issawi said the decision to pull out from the government followed what he called al-Maliki’s failure to respond to a set of demands put forward by the Accordance Front last week, when it gave the prime minister seven days to meet its demands. The ultimatum expired Wednesday.
Among the demands: a pardon for security detainees not charged with specific crimes, the disbanding of militias and the participation of all groups represented in the government in dealing with security issues.
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