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| Security operation in Missan turns into political process against Sadrists |
| 2008-06-21 |
| (VOI)- MP from the Sadrist bloc Ahmed al-Massoudi said on Friday that the Bashaer al-Salam security operation in Missan tuned from a military operation into a political process against the Sadrists, calling to free the Missan deputy governor and the provincial council’s two members who were arrested by Iraqi security forces. “The Sadrist bloc supported the operation but it turned from a military operation against gunmen into a political process targeting Sadrists,” al-Massoudi told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq (VOI). He called on the security authorities to free the Missan deputy governor and the two members of the provincial council, considering their arrest as unacceptable. Missan's security operation Bashaer al-Salam was launched at the early of Thursday morning, an official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said. "The security operation, which was launched by the Iraqi forces at 05:00 a.m. today, aims at tracking down gunmen in the province," Major General Muhammad al-Askari, who is currently present in Missan province, told the (VOI). |
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