{"id":4123,"date":"2026-06-28T07:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T07:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2026-06-28T07:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T07:06:23","slug":"iraqi-forces-raid-baghdads-green-zone-amid-arrest-reports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4123","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi forces raid Baghdad&#8217;s Green Zone amid arrest reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces deployed in Baghdad\u2019s fortified Green Zone early Sunday with the raid targeting \u201cseveral politicians\u201d, a security official told AFP.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Green Zone houses the US embassy and other diplomatic missions, as well as international institutions and government offices. High-ranking officials and politicians also live there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Video footage shared on local Telegram channels showed security forces in heavy vehicles such as tanks in the Green Zone, including a clip of them inside a compound and, in one instance, inside a house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A security official told AFP, under the condition of anonymity, that a \u201craid targeted several politicians over financial corruption, per judicial orders,\u201d adding that the operation involved anti-terrorism forces and the military. No official statement has been released as yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The source did not provide further details or names of officials reportedly arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The large-scale raids were aimed at arresting senior Iraqi officials, with several names circulating in local media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraq\u2019s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi vowed to fight corruption and mismanagement that has plagued Iraq for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces deployed in Baghdad\u2019s fortified Green Zone early Sunday with the raid targeting \u201cseveral politicians\u201d, a security official told AFP. The Green..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazing"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2.png",816,399,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2-300x147.png",300,147,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2-768x376.png",768,376,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2.png",816,399,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2.png",816,399,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-28-115028-1-2.png",816,399,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=30\" rel=\"category\">amazing<\/a>","tag_info":"amazing","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4125,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123\/revisions\/4125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}