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Thursday, November 28, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 28, 2019
Iraq PM axes new commander after 22 killed in crackdown
Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi sacks the military commander he dispatched earlier in the day to “restore order” to a protest-hit southern city after a crackdown there killed 22 protesters.
Abdel Mahdi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraq’s armed forces, ordered military chiefs to deploy across the south this morning, sending Jamil Shummary to the city of Nasiriyah.
But state television announces that by the afternoon, the premier had “withdrawn” Shummary from the post.
— AFP
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