Iraqi Army corners Missan’s Police after latter’s Director’s sacking

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi Army force has cornered the building of southern Iraq Missan’s Police Directorate after sacking its Director-General, Missan’s Security & Defense Committee Chairman reported on Friday.   “An Iraqi Army Force has cornered the Building of Missan Police Directorate in Amara City , the center of Missan Province , in the background of sacking its Director, Major-General Ismail Arrar by the Interior Ministry and appointing Major-General Hakim Jassim to replace him,” Sarhan al-Mousawi said.   Mousawi said that “Arrar’s sacking decision is not legal, because the Iraqi Constitution had given the authority of appointing or sacking Director-Generals to the Province’s Council only.”   He demanded the Iraqi government and the Parliament to “interfere to settle the said problem, in order to avoid undermining the stable security situation witnessed by Missan Province , since Major-General Ismail Arrar took his position as Missan’s Police Director-General.”   Amara had witnessed on Thursday evening a demonstration by dozens of its citizens, supporting a decision to sack Missan’s Oil Company’s Director and to keep its Police Director-General in his post.   Missan Province’s Council had voted in majority to reject the decision, issued by the Iraqi government, to transfer Missan Police’s Director-General, Major-General Arrar al-Majidi and replace him by Major-General, Jassim al-Hasnawi, as well as sacking the Director-General of Missan’s Oil company, the Director of Internal Affairs and the Director of Protection of Installations, charged with incompetence.   Amara, the center of Missan Province , is 390 km to the south of Baghdad .   SKH (RT) 610