“Iraqi authorities issued arrest warrants for the former central bank chief and other bank officials after a probe into corruption, a spokesman for the high judicial council said on Friday. Iraq’s cabinet on Tuesday ousted director Sinan al-Shibabi over a parliamentary charges bank officials were abusing dollar sales. His dismissal will do little to ease investor worries the government is undermining the bank’s autonomy.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/19/us-iraq-trial-arrest-idUSBRE89I0IG20121019
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