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Kurdish, Iraqi forces arrest IS financiers: coalition by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 Ten members of a key financial network for the Islamic State network have been arrested in Iraq, the US-led coalition fighting the jihadists announced Thursday. Iraqi commandos and Kurdish counter-terrorism forces arrested the members of the al-Rawi network in operations October 7-9 in Baghdad and Erbil in northern Iraq, the coalition said in a statement. According to the coalition commander, US Army Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera, the arrests "deal a major blow to the desperate attempts by ISIS to re-emerge in Iraq." "Those who provide support to ISIS, in any way, will face the consequences," he said. Fawaz Muhammad Jubayr al-Rawi, who headed the network, was killed in June 2017 during a strike in Albu Kamal in eastern Syria. The US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on al-Rawi and his company in 2016.
PM-designate asks Iraqis to apply online for cabinet Baghdad (AFP) Oct 9, 2018 Iraq's prime minister designate Adel Abdel Mahdi launched a website on Tuesday to allow candidates to apply for a ministerial position online as he struggles to form a government. The unprecedented measure comes as Abdel Mahdi, a former Iraqi vice president, battles to overcome sharp party political differences and forge a viable governing coalition. Abdel Mahdi was named prime minister on October 2 and, under the terms of the constitution, has until November 1 to form his government. The ne ... read more
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