Iraqi officials are hopeful that armed faction operations targeting diplomatic missions will decrease or stop after arresting those responsible for the recent attack on the US embassy and a security headquarters in Baghdad’s Green Zone. In the past week, officials in the White House and the US State Department exerted pressure on Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani’s government “to take tangible measures to deter the perpetrators of the recent attack on the embassy building.” Washington reiterated its threat of using the “right to self-defense.”
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New Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani removed Raid Jouhi from the head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, deciding to head the organization himself until a new head is selected.
The Iraqi judiciary issued arrest warrants and travel bans against key Sadrist movement leaders amid violent political conflicts, but their enforcement could be a sensitive task.
Iraq has seen systematic assassinations of judges since 2003, most of whom were handling investigations into drugs and corruption cases involving influential figures and parties.