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Iraq PM targets powerful militia stronghold in $30m oil smuggling probe

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Iraq’s PM Ali al-Zaidi has dismissed nine senior security officials over an alleged oil smuggling network worth up to $30m monthly, in a move targeting a Kataib Hezbollah stronghold. Al Jazeera’s Peter Smith has the latest from Baghdad.

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