Iraq takes security measures following weapons depot blast
Iraq is ordering all military camps and munitions
warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at an
ammunition depot that killed one civilian and wounded 13.
In a statement issued Thursday following a national
security meeting, Iraq's prime minister also ordered the cancellation of all
aviation approvals for flights throughout the country, including
reconnaissance, drones, jets and helicopters _ unless authorized by the
commander of the armed forces.
Monday night's explosion at a military base
southwest of Baghdad shook the Iraqi capital and sent explosives and mortar
shooting up the sky, damaging nearby homes and killing one person.
The federal police base houses a weapons depot
belonging to a militia group under the umbrella of the mainly Iran-backed
militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
