Finance Ministry targeted in security force roundup

Iraqi security forces arrested guards of Iraqi Finance Minister Rafa al-Issawi Thursday afternoon, both at his Green Zone home and at Finance Ministry locations throughout the city. "They arrested all the officers who are in charge of the minister's house in the Green Zone," said an official in Issawi's office. "All the guards and the security forces of the minister were also arrested." Issawi, a leader of the Iraqiya political bloc, was home at the time and was left there with two staff...