2012年1月8日星期日

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq


Iraq demands Kurds hand over Sunni vice president (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 09:24 AM PST

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Shiite-led government has formally demanded that authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdish region hand over the country's top Sunni official, who is wanted on terrorism charges. Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi had been charged with organizing death squads to assassinate prominent figures several years ago. But al-Hashemi traveled in December to the Kurdish north, where federal authorities cannot arrest him.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's Shiite-led government on Sunday demanded that authorities in the semiautonomous Kurdish region hand over the country's top Sunni official to face terrorism charges, turning up the heat in a political crisis that is stoking sectarian tensions.


Iraq asks Kurds to hand over Sunni vice president (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2012 06:03 AM PST

Reuters - Iraq has formally asked authorities in the semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region to hand over Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and 12 of his entourage to face charges of running death squads, an Iraqi official said on Sunday.
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