Nouri al-Maliki... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party. Maliki imposed order on Basra when the Shiites were going nuts, but has proven incapable of dealing with al-Qaeda's Sunni insurgency. Reelected to his third term in 2014...
, who plans to visit Leb on Saturday.
The lawyer in his complaint requested to arrest al-Maliki on charges of participating in the bombing of Iraq's embassy in Beirut in 1981.
The news agency 'Anatolia' quoted the source, who requested anonymity, "Today, before the Discriminatory Public Prosecutor in Beirut, the lawyer Tariq Handb filed a criminal complaint against al-Maliki, calling the Lebanese authorities to arrest him."
The source explained that the complaint came after accusing al-Maliki of participating in the bombing of the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut in 1981, which led to 60 deaths. It also included a claim for his detention.
Last August, the families of the Iraqi victims demanded the Lebanese authorities to investigate the incident.
In December 15, 1981, the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a jacket wallah that broke in, resulting in more than 60 deaths to and dozens maimed.