The governor of the southern Iraqi province of Basra has suspended the city's police chief, accusing him of links to groups involved in terrorism. Governor Mohammed Musabah al-Waili says he is also demanding the resignation of the commander of the Iraqi Army's Basra-based 10th Brigade, General Abdul Latif Thaban. "He is not cooperating with us and is being loyal to his politics and not the law," the governor said in his statement, which also suspended police chief Major General Hassan Sawadi. Mr Waili says the two security chiefs are suspected of links to "sabotage groups, from outside the city and abroad, that are carrying out sabotage and terrorist attacks". "We have noticed that some border guards and some of the leadership in the Army have doubtful links to wanted people," he said. The governor also accuses two prominent Shiite clerics of sharing the blame for a recent upsurge in violence in the city and warns of impending attacks against the city.