Iraq issues arrest warrant for commander accused of ordering protester killings
The Iraqi judiciary issued an arrest warrant and travel ban on Sunday against Commander Jamil al-Shammari for allegedly ordering the killing of demonstrators in the Dhi Qar province, which has been a hotbed of violence during the Iraqi uprising.
According to the media center of the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council, the investigative body of the judiciary, which is mandated with investigating cases relating to protests in Dhi Qar, ordered the arrest.
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi had on Thursday sacked the military commander which he had dispatched earlier in the day to “restore order†to the protest-hit southern city after a crackdown there killed 22 protesters.
Read more at: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2019/12/01/Iraq-issues-arrest-warrant-for-commander-accused-of-ordering-protester-killings.html
Unbelievable that we'd see protesters mowed down as we have.
