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Iraqi governor links bombing suspects to vice president
An Iraqi provincial governor on Monday said that 18 suspects arrested in connection with bomb attacks are linked to Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who has been sentenced to death in absentia. On Sunday several bombings rocked Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province Dhi Qar, including one near the French honorary…
Iraq VP demands probe into bodyguard’s ‘torture’
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s fugitive vice president on Sunday called for an urgent neutral inquiry into the death of his bodyguard, who was allegedly tortured while in custody. Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a Sunni the authorities have accused of running death squads, said his lawyers had been restricted access to the…
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