"government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is systematically dismissing Iraqi oversight officials, who were installed to fight corruption in Iraqi ministries by order of the American occupation administration, which had hoped to bring Western standards of accountability to the notoriously opaque and graft-ridden bureaucracy here." Who does not love the expression "Western standards of accountability"? Wow. In other news, a Senator from Alaska is on trial for adhering to Western standards of accountability. (thanks Olivia)