An Iraqi parliamentary panel has
called for former PM Nouri Maliki to face trial over the fall of the
northern city of Mosul to Islamic State.
More than 30 other officials including former Mosul governor Athil al-Nujaifi were also blamed in the report.
The militants seized Mosul in a sweep across north and west Iraq last year.
Mr
Maliki, a Shia, is seen as having fanned sectarian tensions, leading to
a growth of discontent in those mainly Sunni Arab areas captured by IS.
Hours
earlier, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi cleared the way for a court
martial of military commanders who abandoned their posts as another
city, Ramadi, fell to IS in May this year.
The moves come as the current government continues a major campaign to combat corruption and mismanagement.
On Sunday Mr Abadi announced he was cutting eleven ministerial posts, reducing the size of the cabinet by a third.
Iraqis
have staged regular protests in recent weeks against corruption and
incompetence triggered by power shortages during a heatwave.
Hundreds in Baghdad have been calling for reform
Mr Abadi launched his reform plan a week ago
The
report on Mosul was approved by 16 of the parliamentary committee's 24
members, and will be submitted to a vote by the whole chamber on Monday,
MPs said.
"No-one is above the law and accountability to the people," said parliament speaker Salim al-Jaburi in a statement.
"The judiciary will punish perpetrators and delinquents."
Other officials mentioned in the report include:
Former Acting Defence Minister Sadun al-Dulaimi
Former army chief Gen Babakir Zebari
Former Nineveh province commander Lt-Gen Mahdi al-Gharrawi
Nineveh police commander Maj-Gen Khalid Hamdani
Former Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi
Analysis: Sebastian Usher, BBC Arab affairs editor
The
fall of Mosul shook not just Iraq but the whole world, immediately
transforming IS into the biggest threat in the Middle East.
When
Ramadi fell four months ago, the effect was not quite so earth-shaking
but it all but killed off hopes of a much touted Iraqi counter-offensive
to win back Mosul this year.
In both devastating defeats, the Iraqi army was seen to have collapsed, despite its vastly greater numbers.
Parliament
is due to vote on the Mosul report - days after approving sweeping
anti-corruption reforms proposed by Mr Maliki's successor, Haider
al-Abadi.
A key aim of all this is to bolster Mr Abadi's position
as the battle against IS falters - but the moves will all also bring
him into direct conflict with Mr Maliki, who will lose his
vice-presidential post as part of the reforms. IS captured Mosul on 10 June last year as they swept through a broad swathe of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad.
Resistance
from Iraqi security forces collapsed almost immediately, leaving large
amounts of weapons and equipment in the hands of the militants.
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