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Baghdad to take legal action after IMIS after criticizing Iraqi Army

Baghdad to take legal action after IMIS after criticizing Iraqi Army
Baghdad to take legal action after IMIS after criticizing Iraqi Army

2019-08-15 00:00:00 - Source: Baghdad Post

Defense Ministry

announced it will pursue legal action against a senior IMIS unit deputy leader

who called for the immediate disbandment of the Iraqi Army.
Deputy Harakat al-Nujaba head Yousif al-Nasri called for the army's immediate

dissolution "because they are useless,” al-Nasri said in a Monday interview on Iraqi television channel al-Itijah.
 “Soldiers are getting

paid to flee once any fight or tensions arises anywhere in Iraq,” he added.
Iraq’s defense ministry confirmed plans to pursue legal action against al-Nasri

in a Wednesday statement, condemning his

“harsh and hateful” comments towards the army.
“We will take legal action against al-Nasri for his inappropriate comments,” it

said.

Harakat al-Nujaba part of Iran-backed militias were designated a terror

organization by the US in March 2019.

Nasr al-Shimari, Harakat al-Nujaba spokesperson and deputy secretary general,

released a statement on Wednesday claiming that footage of the interview had

been manipulated to create al-Nasri’s

disparaging Iraqi Army remarks.





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