National security minister prepares for receiving Wassit security file

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi National Security Minister Shirwan al-Waeli arrived in Wassit on Friday to supervise the formation of an operations room in preparations for receiving the security file from the Multinational forces by the end of the month. Speaking at a press conference in Wassit, the minister said “my visit today to Kut city aims to inspect the security forces and to hold meeting with security commanders in the province on forming the operations room in preparations for receiving the security file by the end of the month.” “The delay in receiving the security file in Wassit was for its good to complete all its preparations,” he noted. Twelve out of eighteen Iraqi provinces have received their security file from the Multinational forces, while the remaining six, including Wassit, still waiting. A Shiite province, Wassit, 180 km south of Baghdad , is in the east of the country. Its name comes from the Arabic word meaning “middle,” as it lies along the Tigris about midway between Baghdad and Basra . Its major cities include the capital, al-Kut, and al-Hayy. Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province . SH (S) 1