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Iraqi court sentences two prominent politicians to prison in corruption case

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“Iraqi court sentences two prominent politicians to prison in corruption case”

Iraq's Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced two prominent politicians to prison and ordered them to pay billions of dinars in fines, verdicts stemming from the government's sweeping anti-corruption campaign , a court official told The National . The court sentenced Muthana Al Samarrai , head of the Azm Alliance, to six years in prison and ordered him to pay 30 billion Iraqi dinars, about $22 million, he said. It sentenced lawmaker Ziad Al Janabi to five years of severe…

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