Karbala forms accountability committee to remove Baathists

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: The Karbala local government decided on Thursday to form a Justice and Accountability Committee to discuss the Baathists file to take them away from the state’s departments, a local council’s member said. “The decision came in accordance to the Iraqi constitution’s articles,” Masief Jassem al-Khatabi told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The committee will study all Baathists files to keep them away from the governmental departments,” he added, noting that incidents proved that they are responsible for all terrorist attacks against Shiite visitors during Imam Hussein’s Arbaeen visit. The city witnessed a series of deadly bombings during the Arbaeen visit, during which scores were killed and wounded. Karbala is 110 km southwest of Baghdad. SH (P) 1