The condition of the facilities in the athletes' village has also been heavily criticised ahead of the event which begins on 3 October.

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In Baghdad, a high-level official in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior described, also on condition of anonymity, an elaborate system to divert weapons from Ministry of Interior facilities to local arms traffickers and militias.

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