Integrity too

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From Stars and Stripes Saturday:

Iraq's National Integrity Day suggests new era after years of corruption

By Anita Powell, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Saturday, December 10, 2005

BAGHDAD — After decades of being forced to celebrate a deeply corrupt regime, national officials have declared a new national observance: National Integrity Day.

As the name suggests, the holiday, set for Dec. 9, celebrates integrity but also the achievements of the Iraq Commission on Public Integrity, an independent government organization that seeks out and investigates government corruption.

National officials ushered in the new holiday Thursday with a lively celebration at the Baghdad Convention Center, a place once off-limits to all but Saddam Hussein’s closest cronies.