Results of investigation with detained officer in 48 hours

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The results of investigation with the detained officers will be announced in 48 hours, the spokesman for the interior ministry said on Friday. “The officers are under investigation and we will announce the outcome in the coming 48 hours,” General Abdul Karim Khalaf told IraqiNews.com. Regarding the accusation of being members of the banned Awda return party, Khalaf said these accusations have not been proved yet. “The officers are not from the interior ministry but from other ministries,” he added, giving no more details. A lawmaker of the parliament’s defense and security committee had said on Thursday that 35 Iraqi officers were arrested for belonging to al-Awda (return) party, denying any coup attempts. The return party is one of the banned movements as it is considered an extension to the dissolved Baath party. SH (P) 1