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Iraq
Iraqi vice president may try to flee: Interior Ministry
2012-03-05
[Iran Press TV] The Iraqi Interior Ministry says Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi is likely to flee Iraq from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

The interior ministry issued a statement on Sunday and said it had "reliable information" on the matter.

The ministry also "requested that the interior ministry of the Kurdistan regional government carry out the arrest warrant issued against him (Hashemi) and hand him over to judicial authorities," according to the Sunday statement.

Hashemi is accused of involvement in kabooms against government and security officials over the past years, including a November 2011 car booming in the capital Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
that apparently targeted Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party....
Posted by:Fred

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