Iraq PM orders forces to prepare to open Green Zone
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BAGHDADAug 29, 2015 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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Aug 29, 2015 12:00 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered security forces to prepare to open Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone government and embassy area to the public, his office said Friday. The order comes in the third week of a reform drive by Abadi aimed at combatting rampant corruption and streamlining the bloated government, in response to weeks of protests and calls from top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Abadi directed security forces to make "the necessary arrangements to open the Green Zone to the citizens," a statement from his office said.
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