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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Iraq: Sacking of Security Leaders Raises Suspicions of ‘Political Purge’

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani and Fatah Alliance leader Hadi Al-Amiri (INA)

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, in record timing, has imposed unprecedented administrative changes by sacking hundreds of security officials and replacing them with individuals loyal to the Coordination Framework.

The Coordination Framework is an umbrella bloc of Iraqi Shiite parties united mostly by their opposition to the Sadrist movement.

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