2012年1月3日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Sunni lawmakers keep up Iraqi parliament boycott (AP)

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 AM PST

Handcuffed suspects seen in the state Terrorist Combat and Organized Crime department in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. Iraqi officials say they have arrested a ring of insurgents allegedly involved in attacks in Baghdad, the 21-person cell is linked to the outlawed Baath party and was responsible for about 300 terror attacks against government employees and security forces. The alleged leader of the cell, Abdul-Khaliq Abdul-Sattar, told a press conference organized by the ministry that he received orders from Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Lawmakers from Iraq's largest Sunni-backed bloc stood by their boycott of parliament when the assembly reconvened Tuesday after a two-week break — another reminder of the deepening political crisis that has revived the country's sectarian tensions.


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