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Head of Iraq's SWAT force arrested for graft
 [Al Arabiya] The commander of Iraq's rapid response force was nabbed after a set-up in which he was filmed taking a $50,000 bribe from a contractor, a member of Iraq's integrity panel said on Saturday.Brigadier General Numan Dakhil was caught taking the bribe near Storied Baghdad International airport on Thursday but beat feet anti-corruption watchdog Sherlocks after his guards beat them, Sabah al-Saedi, a member of the Integrity Committee, said. Dakhil was later nabbed on Friday. "Eight of the Integrity Commission Sherlocks seized him while he was receiving a sum from the contractor. The incident has been recorded with legal evidence," Saedi told Rooters. "Brigadier General Numan Dakhil was nabbed yesterday, he is under investigation now." Corruption has been a major problem for Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and the country is ranked as one of the world's most corrupt nations in Transparency International's annual corruption perceptions index. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-13 |
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