Baghdad-APA. Up to 35 officials in the Iraqi Ministry, some ranking as high as general, have been arrested in an alleged secret scheme to reinstate Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party, APA reports quoting the New York Times.
The raids took place over the past three days and were carried out by an elite counterterrorism force that reports directly to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the report said.
The newspaper said critics of al-Maliki accuse him of using the arrests to consolidate power a month ahead of provincial elections.
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