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Block Ex-Council Members from Leaving Iraq-Khayrallah al-Basri

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After Elections, A Call to Block Fleeing Corrupt Provincial Authorities

Iraqi MP Khayrallah al-Basri.

Iraqi MP Khayrallah al-Basri.



An Iraqi MP from an electoral bloc that gained seats in many Iraqi provinces in the last election, has called for blocking all former members of Iraq’s outgoing provincial councils from leaving the country, citing fears of corruption and graft.


Khayrallah al-Basri, an MP with the secular al-Iraqiya list of former Iraq interim Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, has asked the Iraqi minister of Interior to issue orders to... More

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