Shafaq News- Mosul
Wounded Iraqi army veterans staged a demonstration outside the MosulMunicipality building in Nineveh Province on Wednesday, demanding thedistribution of residential plots formally allocated to them years ago.
The protesters told Shafaq News that their land files have been lodgedwith the relevant authorities since 2019 and that they hold official receipts,correspondence, and documents confirming their eligibility, yet no distributionhas taken place.
The demonstrators acknowledged that the Ministry of Defense, the ArmyChief of Staff, and the federal government have expressed support for theirdemands; however, the procedural steps required to complete the distributionremain blocked, and nobody has been specified as responsible for the delay.
Other categories of beneficiaries, including personnel from unnamedcivilian branches, received land allocations in previous years, the protesterssaid. Army and police personnel have received none of the plots designated forthem.
The demonstrators called on Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to intervene andresolve the matter, and they will continue their demonstrations until theyreceive a practical resolution to their land issues.
Nineveh, in northern Iraq, was among the provinces most heavily affectedby the Islamic State conflict between 2014 and 2017, a period during whichIraqi security forces sustained significant casualties.
Iraq's government has long committed to providing residential land plotsto wounded military and police personnel as part of a broader security forcesentitlement framework, with allocations processed through the Ministry ofDefense, the Army Chief of Staff, and local province authorities. Last week, theNational Intelligence Service announced the distribution of more than 700residential plots to its personnel in Baghdad —the fourth such batch under thegovernment program.
