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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence · updated 15:43 Baghdad
Internal Iraqi affairs28 Jul, 13:58 BAGHDAD

KH and KSS channels tout arrest-linked purges of state officials

KH-affiliated Unit 10,000 and KSS-affiliated iNEWS separately reported detention-linked dismissals of state officials: an electricity director and eight managers over 6.17bn dinars of forged paperwork, and seven Diwaniya municipal employees after an arrest campaign

WHAT HAPPENED

Unit 10,000, a KH-affiliated outlet, posted at 10:52 on 28 July that "the detainee Alaa Samir, director of Central Electricity, and eight other directors" had been removed "after the forgery of 127 transactions worth 6 billion 170 million" dinars, using the word \u0645\u0639\u062a\u0642\u0644 (detainee) rather than suspended. Fourteen minutes earlier, at 10:58, KSS-affiliated iNEWS reported that "after the recent arrest campaign, Diwaniya municipality relieved 7 employees of their posts," naming neither individuals nor charges. Neither item carries an official source, and no external media reporting of either dismissal appears in the collected window; the two channels did not carry each other's item.

WHY IT MATTERS

Electricity distribution and municipal administration control billing, contracts and hiring, so who is removed and who fills the vacancies is the mechanism by which factions accumulate provincial administrative weight between elections.

EVIDENCE · INTERCEPTED CHANNEL MESSAGE
View the original message (Arabic)🔵 بعد حملة الاعتقالات الأخيرة.. بلدية الديوانية تعفي 7 موظفين من مناصبهم #اي_نيوز أ.ح
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