Abadi issues arrest warrants against many corrupt senior officials
Abadi issues arrest warrants against many corrupt senior officials
(Article brought in from Vernell Washington from the Facebook Group)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued an initial list of officials who have been convicted with corruption charges on Wednesday.
A well informed source said that Abadi will supervise the investigations with first patch of 130 senior officials suspects, who are charged with embezzlement and other corruption charges.
The list included:
1- Former finance minister Hoshyar Zebari
2- Former Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi
3- Former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's military adviser Farouq al-Araji
4- Former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's former secretary Abu Mujahid al-Rakabi
5- Incumbent MP Hussein al-Maliki
6- Incumbent MP Yasser Sukheil al-Maliki
7- Basra's former governor Majid al-Nasrawyi
8- Former defense minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi
9- Former defense minister Abdul Qadir Obeidi
10-Former head of intelligence Zuheir al-Gharabawi
The list also included many incumbent and former senior officials from different branches of the Iraqi government.