Monday, July 10, 2006

Corruption: Iraq to fire oil officials

Iraq's Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, has told reporters he would replace officials at the state run Oil Products Distribution Company as part of his battle against corruption.

He was quoted as saying, "Corruption has lessened. I am not saying it has ended. One of the places where we found corruption was the Oil Products Distribution Company. Today I will sign a decree to replace the management."

Mr Shahristani said he has moved 10 corruption cases to the Integrity Commission in charge of investigating corruption in Iraq.