Army withdraws from Salah al-Din provincial council

SALAH AL-DIN /Iraqi News Iraqi army forces have withdrawn from the Salah al-Din provincial council two months after surrounding it following legal problems between its head and the governor. “Forces of the Iraqi army’s 4 th Division have pulled back from the perimeter of the Salah al-Din council after midnight…,” an informed source told Iraqi News. Administrative and legal problems between the head of the council, Ahmed Abdullah, and the dismissed governor, Mutshar Oleewi, have been settled, he added. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 6