UN urges Iraq security forces to stay out of political transition

AFP, 11 August 2014 – The Iraqi security forces should not get in the way of the political transition, the UN warned Monday after the president named an alternative to Nuri al- Maliki as prime minister.
“The Iraqi security forces should refrain from actions that may be seen as interference in matters related to the democratic transfer of political authority,” top UN envoy in Iraq Nickolay Mladenov said.