A man stands in the Iraqi Health Ministry offices in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, as a discarded AK-47 rifle lies on the floor. Iraqi forces stormed the offices of the Health Ministry on Thursday and detained a senior ministry official accused in alleged corruption and infiltration of the ministry that has funneled millions of dollars to Shiite militiamen blamed for much of the recent sectarian violence in the capital, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban)
Iraq's deputy health minister arrested
1 posted on
02/08/2007 5:52:55 AM PST by
TexKat
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Top Iraqi official held in raid ping.
2 posted on
02/08/2007 5:54:22 AM PST by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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3 posted on
02/08/2007 5:54:24 AM PST by
nuconvert
([there are bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
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Okay now! Life gets interesting....
8 posted on
02/08/2007 6:33:11 AM PST by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
To: TexKat
So this creep was taking money meant for the healthcare of the Iraqi people and gave it to someone who killed Iraqi people. I hope his trial is quick.
14 posted on
02/08/2007 7:25:26 AM PST by
McGavin999
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To: TexKat
Hakim al-Zamili
24 posted on
02/08/2007 7:58:32 AM PST by
blam
To: TexKat
Aha! Things are starting to happen!
Take that, dimocrats!
33 posted on
02/08/2007 9:30:15 AM PST by
Salvation
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Thanks TexKat.
The minister, Hakim al-Zamili, is a key member of the political group led by radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. He is accused of aiding Shia militiamen and using ambulances to move weapons, a ministry source told the BBC.
He got the idea from the PLO in Israel and Hizzies in Lebanon.
36 posted on
02/08/2007 9:46:24 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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To: TexKat
Thanks for the ping. I have to get ready for work. But this is great news. Things are starting to really cook.
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