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Iraqi Law Shields Official Criminality
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Michael Wahid Hanna,
The Century Foundation,
5/11/2009
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Sam Dagher, a New York Times correspondent in Baghdad, authored a recent article detailing the numerous hurdles to successfully prosecuting official corruption cases in Iraq. The article outlines hundreds of complaints regarding official corruption that are stymied before prosecutors are able to mount their case. Dagher fingers two main culprits for this state of affairs: “a government amnesty and a law dating to 1971 that allows ministers to grant immunity to subordinates accused of corruption.” Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog. |
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