Iraqi government ceases arrests among Sadrists in Diwaniya

DIWANIYA / IraqiNews.com: The federal government has ordered to cease arresting Sadrists in Diwaniya, the commander of the emergency brigade said on Tuesday. “There are verbal orders issued to the emergency police by the federal government to cease arrests among Sadrists in Diwaniya,” Colonel Ghassan Mohamed Hassan told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that this comes within the national reconciliation project. He criticized statements made by some lawmakers, who said that “the emergency police’s arrest campaign against Sadrists in Diwaniya comes within political clearance, asserting that the police implement the judicial orders. Diwaniya is 180 km south of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR 1