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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Prime Minister Prepares Dissolution of De-Baathification Commission

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, in Baghdad on Friday. (EPA)

Iraqi government request to transfer the files and data of the Accountability and Justice Commission to the judiciary in preparation for ending its work sparked a sharp political debate among the poles of the Shiite Coordination Framework.

The Commission is an extension of an institutional body known as the “de-Baathification” that was established by a law issued by the Coalition Provisional Authority, headed by US Governor Paul Bremer, in 2003 to uproot the leaders of the dissolved party.

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