{"id":2035,"date":"2007-02-08T06:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T06:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/an-iraqi-deputy-health-ministe.html"},"modified":"2007-02-08T06:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-08T06:53:00","slug":"an-iraqi-deputy-health-ministe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/02\/an-iraqi-deputy-health-ministe.html","title":{"rendered":"An Iraqi deputy health minister has been detained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070208\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/iraq_health_ministry\">This<\/a> looks like a good start:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iraqi forces on Thursday detained a senior Health Ministry official accused of being a central figure in alleged corruption and the infiltration of the ministry by Shiite militiamen blamed for much of the recent sectarian violence in the capital, the U.S. military said.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe detainee was implicated in the deaths of several ministry officials, including the director-general in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly orchestrated several kickback schemes related to inflated contracts for equipment and services, with millions of dollars allegedly funneled to the Mahdi Army militia that is loyal to al-Sadr, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The official also was suspected of providing large-scale employment of militia members who used Health Ministry facilities and services for &#8220;sectarian kidnapping and murder,&#8221; the military said.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold\">A U.S. soldier told al-Zamili he was on a list of wanted names<\/span> and handcuffed him before leading him away, the bodyguard said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of security concerns.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s really upsetting that we have a list of names and they haven&#8217;t done anything about it to this point.  I&#8217;m sure they weren&#8217;t able to do it for political reasons but I don&#8217;t see why Bush let it get to this point.  It&#8217;s a shame that it took a political loss (the election) for us to do what was necessary over there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This looks like a good start: Iraqi forces on Thursday detained a senior Health Ministry official accused of being a central figure in alleged corruption and the infiltration of the ministry by Shiite militiamen blamed for much of the recent sectarian violence in the capital, the U.S. military said. 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