Iraq foils plot to assassinate National Security Service chief, senior officers

Iraq’s National Security Service said on Friday it had foiled a plot to assassinate the agency’s chief and several senior officers, arresting suspects allegedly linked to a group associated with the banned Baath Party, Anadolu reports. In a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the agency said the operation was conducted under the direct supervision of National Security Service chief Abdul Karim al-Basri following an intelligence effort involving surveillance, monitoring and infiltration. The statement said the suspects were linked to the so-called Iraqi National Gathering for Liberation and Change, which it described as a front organization for the outlawed Baath Party. According to the agency, investigations and interrogations showed that members of the cell had moved beyond incitement […]