Iraqis want an end to corruption. Their government must deliver | The National

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Source: The National (UAE)
Published: 2026-06-30 13:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Middle East, Crime & Justice
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This weekend’s images of armed and masked men roaming the streets of Baghdad are scenes that many Iraqis hoped had been relegated to the past. Yet this was not a terrorist attack or a militia operation. Amid gunfire on Saturday and Sunday, elite anti-terrorism soldiers raided addresses in the capital’s Green Zone, detaining dozens of current and former officials on an anti-corruption drive.
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