Head of counter-terrorism service denies being removed from office

Baghdad-INA


 
The head of the counter-terrorism service, Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi, denied on Thursday reports that he had been relieved of his post.
 
"The news published by mass media and social media about my exemption from my post is untrue," al-Saadi told The Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
"The anti-terrorist forces are continuing to pursue ISIS terrorist gangs in Iraq," he said, calling for "caution in transmitting information and to investigate their sources.”