Arrest warrants issued for 23 civil servants in Diwaniya

Twenty-three arrest warrants on Sunday were issued for government employees on corruption charges in Diwaniya province, according to a local official. "The employees included the director of Diwaniya's municipalities department and a number of engineers," the official told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "They face charges of financial corruption pertaining to a project in al-Sadeer district (15 km south of Diwaniya)," the official noted, adding that the arrest warrants have all been executed. Diwaniya, the capital city of Diwaniya province, lies 180 km south of Baghdad.