Iraqi government accuses vice-president in assassinations

Globe and Mail Monday 19th December, 2011

Iraq’s Shiite-dominated government was thrown into crisis on Monday night as authorities issued an arrest warrant for the Sunni vice-president, accusing him of running a personal death squad that assassinated security officials and government bureaucrats.The sensational charges against Tariq al-Hashimi, one of the country’s most promine...

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