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Maliki: Arbil did not respond to a request for extradition has been Hashemi isolate al-Issawi
Ali Abdullah - 13/01/2012 PM - 3:17 p.m.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said the authorities in Erbil has not announced its position so far from the request of the Ministry of Interior to hand over the Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi. Did not rule out isolated Issawi from office and also acknowledged the existence of Turkish intervention.
And asked the Interior last week officially hand over Kurdistan Hashemi and 14 of the elements of protection in accordance with judicial warrants.
Hashemi faces charges of driving death squads based on the confessions of Iraqi state television broadcast of the men say they have bodyguards.
And deny al-Hashemi, who is in the Kurdistan region the charges against him and has often accused the Iraqi judiciary as "politically motivated" and demanded the transfer case to the courts of the Region.
Hashemi and fled Kurdistan after preventing him from traveling outside Iraq, it is unlikely that the receipt of Irbil to the government in Baghdad.
Maliki said in the interview to be broadcast station "free" the Arabic-language television in the U.S. later Friday that he is not related to the issue of al-Hashemi.
"I was in Washington when admitted .. involved and when the arrest warrant was issued against them all. I did not exist in Iraq. Any problem I left?".
He added that the judiciary should be to reveal the files in which the confessions most dangerous. "We do not want to escalate the crisis, but at the same time does not tolerate when it comes to the blood of citizens."
He insists the coalition in Iraq led by Iyad Allawi and al-Hashemi, who belongs to the transfer of the investigation to the Kurdistan region. Baghdad refuses to do so.
Being politicians, senior Iraqi talks to contain the situation for fear of exacerbating the crisis that could push Iraq back into the midst of sectarian unrest.
Maliki pointed out that the rumors about his refusal to participate in the national conference called by President Jalal Talabani, is untrue. He stressed the importance of place in Baghdad.
Maliki said "Do not refuse to attend if the conference held in Arbil. In fact, the opinion of the majority of the blocks to hold the conference in Baghdad, and I hope that Mr. Massoud Barzani not to miss the conference because it gives the message we do not like at this time."
On the issue of al-Issawi, Maliki said his government may have to stop him from entering the headquarters of his ministry in the event decided to continue the boycott meetings of the Council of Ministers.
Allawi's coalition withdrew from participation in meetings of the House of Representatives before issuing an arrest warrant al-Hashemi, a few days later commented to participate in the Council of Ministers. And belongs to the Iraqi al-Issawi.
In conjunction with the crisis of Hashemi escalating violence in Iraq, which also saw the controversy after he has sought to isolate his deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq from office.
He criticized al-Maliki in an interview that apparently recorded in Baghdad, Turkey's position towards the political crisis in Iraq and called on Ankara not to interfere in Iraqi affairs.
"Turkey is with regret playing the role may lead to disaster and civil war in the region .. will not extradite them are the same."
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for two days before the decision-makers in Iraq to be responsible to prevent the outbreak of sectarian strife tearing apart the unity of the country.
The decision of the Iraqi parliament earlier Friday that the visit of the President of the Council Osama Najafi to Turkey aims to reassure them about the situation in the country did not come against the background of Erdogan's comments.
Najafi and left the day before yesterday on his way to Turkey to visit not announced in advance. Analysts do not rule out that his visit was due to official statements the Turks.
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