Thursday, August 02, 2007
Allawi's party office raided
Politics
(Voices of Iraq) - The National Accord Movement (NAM), headed by former prime minister Ayad Allawi, denounced on Wednesday raids on its office in Adhamiyah neighborhood in northern Baghdad by a joint Iraqi-U.S. force. "The forces tied up security guards, destroyed the office's doors and stole its contents," the movement said in a statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
No comment was available from the U.S. army on the incident. "This was not the first time the movement's offices were attacked by Iraqi army and police forces," the statement also said. "Some of the movement's members were arrested two weeks ago in the city of Karbala," the statement added, noting that such measures show chaos in government's security institutions, which must protect citizens not attack them," it also said.
The movement urged the government to immediately free all captives and provide them with protection.
The NAM is one of the main components of the Iraqi National List, which has 25 seats out of the 275-seat parliament.
No comment was available from the U.S. army on the incident. "This was not the first time the movement's offices were attacked by Iraqi army and police forces," the statement also said. "Some of the movement's members were arrested two weeks ago in the city of Karbala," the statement added, noting that such measures show chaos in government's security institutions, which must protect citizens not attack them," it also said.
The movement urged the government to immediately free all captives and provide them with protection.
The NAM is one of the main components of the Iraqi National List, which has 25 seats out of the 275-seat parliament.
Labels: Ayad Allawi, NAM, National Accord Movement
