Baghdad's mayor has been sacked by the Iraqi government, in circumstances that he has described as "dangerous" and "undemocratic".
A government spokesman said Alaa al-Tamimi was fired on Monday, although he refused to elaborate further.
However, Mr Tamimi himself said 120 gunmen stormed his office and installed the provincial governor in his place.
He said tensions had broken out between him and Shia members of the provincial council in recent weeks.
"Acts like these set a very dangerous precedent for a country that wants to be free and democratic," Mr Tamimi told the Reuters news agency.
BBC article
Methinks it is going to be a long, hard ... what was Rumsfiend's word? ... slog?
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