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Baghdad Operation Command(BOC) ordered the highly secured International zone downtown Baghdad to be opened for public traffic early Wednesday. The IZ(Also known widely as Green zone), will be open publicly from the south gate(Via 14th of July Bridge), which was limited to be used only for authorized vehicles and persons and officials.
For more than 15 years, this 10-square-kilometer area in the Karkh district of central Baghdad, had been security isolated, and limited only for the use and inhabitation for the embassies and official international representatives, and residences of VIP Iraqi officials. Meanwhile as a secured headquarters for the Iraqi Government.
Prime Minster Adel Abdul Mahdi called as part of his government reforming program to abolition of certain privileges including ordinary civilian forbidden IZ.
Baghdadtoday - Baghdad Parliament Member Almas Fdhel (PUK block in IP) said Wednesday that Iraqi Parliament vote to repeal the decisions of the previous government during its caretaking interval. And that included posting Customs Collection point
Baghdad Today - transported The Iraqi Center for Supporting Freedom of Speech(Rights) deplores the repeated methods used by members of the security forces against journalists to restrict their work, the most recent of which was happened with the c
Baghdad Today - transported The Iraqi Center for Supporting Freedom of Speech (Rights) condemns the pursuit intimidation practices by government agencies against journalists, and the latest of which happened with the head of branch of the Ira