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Controversial Iraqi paramilitary leader’s arrest could give PM al-Kadhimi impetus before October parliamentary polls.

Controversial Iraqi paramilitary leader’s arrest could give PM al-Kadhimi impetus before October parliamentary polls.

Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges, prompting a dangerous showdown by the detainee’s paramilitary supporters and the Iraqi government. The confrontation began after Iraqi security forces arrested at dawn militia leader Qassim Mahmoud Musleh based on a judicial investigation and arrest warrant on terrorism charges, Iraq’s military said in a statement. The statement said he...

Tensions mounted in Iraqs capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges, prompting a dangerous showdown by the detainees paramilitary supporters and the Iraqi government.

May 27, 2021 Share Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges, prompting a dangerous showdown by the detainee’s paramilitary supporters and the Iraqi government. The confrontation began after Iraqi security forces arrested at dawn militia leader Qassim Mahmoud Musleh based on a judicial investigation and arrest warrant on terrorism charges, Iraq’s military said in a statement. The statement said he was being questio...

Musleh is the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Anbar province. The PMF is a state-sanctioned group comprised of an array of militias formed to defeat the Islamic State group in 2014. Among the most powerful members of the group are Iran-backed Shiite militia groups.

Arrest of an Iraqi PMU commander puts militias on notice Amid protests demanding justice after a series of assassinations, Iraqi security forces have arrested the commander of one prominent militant faction. Members of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Service are deployed in the streets of the capital Baghdad on March 27, 2021. - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images May 27, 2021 BAGHDAD — A day after a major protest demanding greater accountability in Iraq, especially as concerns the u...

Arrest of pro-Iran militia commander stirs up tensions in Iraq “Any arrest case should run its course, as goes for any Iraqi,” tweeted UN Special Representative to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. Thursday 27/05/2021 Popular Mobilization Forces, PMF, patrol outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, where the Prime Minister’s headquarters is located in Baghdad, May 26, 2021. (AP) BAGHDAD – Tensions mounted in Iraq’s capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terr...

Article content BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces on Wednesday arrested militia commander Qasim Muslih, the military said, in a move security sources said was linked to attacks on a base that hosts U.S. forces. Muslih was arrested at dawn and is being questioned on anti-terrorism charges, a military statement said, without giving further details. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Iraq militia chief arrested over attacks on base hosting U.S. forces...

Tensions mounted in Iraq's capital on Wednesday after the arrest of a militia commander on terrorism charges, prompting a dangerous showdown by the detainee's paramilitary supporters and the Iraqi government.