[Rudaw] Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi made a landmark decision to promote Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi as the head of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces (ICTS) on Saturday.
"We decided to return our brother and hero Abdul Wahab al-Saadi to the counter terrorism forces and promote him to the post of the president of the Counter-Terrorism Forces," Kadhimi said in a presser following the first meeting of the new cabinet.
The PM added they have ordered security forces to release all those arrested during the protests which erupted across central and southern Iraq in October. | The PM added they have ordered security forces to release all those arrested during the protests which erupted across central and southern Iraq in October. |