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BAGHDAD, June 28 (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces arrested politicians, lawmakers and senior government officials early on Sunday in what security and legal sources described as the start \u200bof a broader anti-corruption campaign ordered by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.<\/div>\n
Elite \u200cCounter Terrorism Service (CTS) units raided the homes of politicians and senior officials inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone in the early hours of Sunday and made several arrests, the sources \u200bsaid, declining to be named because they are not authorised to \u200bspeak to media on sensitive issues.<\/div>\n
No official statement has been made \u2060about the arrests.<\/div>\n
Zaidi, who took office in May, has pledged to tackle \u200bentrenched corruption, one of Iraq’s most persistent governance challenges despite repeated promises by \u200bsuccessive governments to hold officials accountable.<\/div>\n
Sunday’s operation was launched on direct orders from Zaidi after Iraqi judicial authorities issued arrest warrants as part of a crackdown on what the sources described \u200bas suspected corruption networks.<\/div>\n
The latest raids followed the recent arrest of several \u200bsenior officials, including a deputy oil minister, on corruption-related charges. Those arrests led to the issuance \u200cof \u2060additional arrest warrants that were executed on Sunday, the three sources said.<\/div>\n
Most senior Iraqi government officials, lawmakers and political leaders maintain residences or offices inside Baghdad\u2019s Green Zone, where parliament, foreign embassies and the prime minister\u2019s office are situated.<\/div>\n
A \u200bsenior source quoted \u200bby state news \u2060agency INA said that some of the latest arrests were based on testimony provided by Adnan al-Jumaili, deputy oil minister \u200bfor refining affairs, after his detention on corruption charges. The \u200bsource told \u2060INA that al-Jumaili’s statements implicated a wider network of officials in alleged corruption schemes.<\/div>\n
Some suspects managed to flee before security forces reached them, prompting authorities to close \u2060entrances \u200bto the Green Zone and launch a wider \u200bsearch operation, the three security and legal sources said, adding that the campaign is expected to continue \u200bover the coming days.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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