"The Iraqi government said it took the decision to appoint a new committee because the previous one was corrupt and had not been functioning properly.
Ahmad al-Samarra'i, chairman of the committee dismissed by the government, and several other members had previously been abducted by gunmen while attending a meeting in central Baghdad in July 2006.
They have not been seen since. "
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Very sad.
Iraq even in relative stability (comparatively speaking), has decades of political and cultural reform ahead of them. And obviously, the prerequisite abductions, politically motivated murders, and the occasional religious car bombing/suicide run.
