Tunisia's new government purges police leadership - Democratic Underground

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TUNIS — Tunisia's interim government moved to take back control of the country's security forces on Wednesday, firing dozens of senior allies of fallen dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.


Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's new administration axed 30 top police officials, appointed a top military officer to head up the national security service and named new chiefs for seven key regions in the country.


The government also approved wage rises for the country's beleaguered police service.


But Ben Ali's former interior minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem, previously under house arrest, was in custody Wednesday after being arrested a day earlier.


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Tunisia's new government purges police leadership - Democratic Underground

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