Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq's Transport Ministry dismissedAhmed Jassim Naim as head of the Supreme Iraqi Maritime Authority on Thursdayand appointed Ali Abdul Latif Hussein as acting director, according to anofficial ministerial order.
The decision did not specify thereason for the dismissal, noting that it was based on Diwani Order No. 51 and adirective from the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
Last week, the Council ofRepresentatives voted to dismiss Iraqi Navy Commander Lt. Gen. Mazin Kbayanafter parliament's Security and Defense Committee recommended his removal overalleged failures to protect Iraqi fishermen.
The recommendation followed anincident in which Kuwaiti authorities detained an Iraqi fishing boat and itsfive-member crew near the maritime border after opening fire on the vessel,killing one fisherman and wounding another. The crew members were laterreturned through the Safwan border crossing, along with the body of the slainfisherman.
