Iraqi Prime Minister Dismisses Security Officials Over Oil Smuggling Case
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Adibi has dismissed security officials in Babylon province in connection with an oil smuggling case in the Jarf Al-Nasr area.
Translated by Qiyas from كونا — Original source
Baghdad, November 14 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Saturday ordered the dismissal of several security officials in Babylon province, following oil smuggling operations in the Jurf al-Nasr area, formerly known as Jurf al-Sakhr. The Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that the move came after an emergency security meeting convened by al-Zaidi to review the findings of a report by a committee tasked with investigating the oil smuggling file in the Jurf al-Nasr area of Babylon province. The statement added that al-Zaidi ordered the dismissal of the Babylon police commander, the northern Babylon police director, the intelligence and counterterrorism director at the Ministry of Interior for Babylon, the National Security director in Babylon, the intelligence and security director of Babylon province at the Ministry of Defense, as well as the Babylon intelligence director, the commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Babylon, the commander of the Sixth Energy Police Brigade at the Ministry of Interior, and the director of the Oil Pipelines Company at the Ministry of Oil. The statement noted that the committee submitted its report and the results of its investigations, confirming the accuracy of information contained in a previous report by the Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency regarding oil smuggling operations and the existence of oil facilities, as well as detecting cases of manipulation in this file. It clarified that the Iraqi prime minister also directed that those implicated in the oil smuggling operations in the Jurf al-Nasr area be referred to the Iraqi judiciary and that legal measures be taken against them. Al-Zaidi had previously formed a high-level committee to investigate the oil smuggling case from the Jurf al-Nasr area, which is controlled by several Iraqi armed militias, following intelligence reports indicating large-scale oil smuggling operations from the area over the years. (End) A.H.H. / M.M.J.
