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Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi leave the Kurdish region to Qatar
Posted 01/04/2012 05:53 PM
BAGHDAD - Babinaoz (Reuters) - A statement from the Office of the Vice President fugitive Iraqi Tariq al-Hashemi, who caused his case in a political crisis threatening the sectarian balance in Iraq that al-Hashemi left the northern semi-autonomous Kurdish to Qatar.
and accuses the government in Baghdad's Shi'ite-led al-Hashemi, one of the top politicians from the minority dental management teams of the assassination, a charge denied by al-Hashemi. And fled Hashemi Kurdish region since issued a Baghdad arrest warrant against him in December.
The government, Kurds, Sunnis under the power-sharing deal aimed at calming tensions that led to the sectarian violence in 2006 and 2007 killed thousands of Iraqis.
Hashemi's office said he left the country to visit Qatar, which he described Iraq as a clear challenge to the warrant.
said in a statement that Hashemi left this morning, heading to Doha at the invitation of the past. The statement added that it is expected that the visit will last several days to visit after Hashemi other countries will be announced later and then return to his residence in the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan.
said Qatar News Agency that al-Hashemi arrived in the country on an official visit scheduled to last a few days.
While political crisis eased somewhat in recent weeks with Hashemi in the Kurdish region, saying he could not get a fair trial in Baghdad.
of harboring al-Hashemi and became Kurds, who have the courts and security forces of their own party in the crisis with the central government in Baghdad. They said they would not hand over al-Hashemi for his trial in Baghdad because the issue has political dimensions that must be addressed first.
Ali al-Moussawi, media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Reuters that travel Hashemi violation of the law, noting that the airport authorities Erbil should face legal consequences because he is banned from traveling.
He that the Iraqi law and the one and applies to everyone, including Kurdistan.
Earlier on Sunday, Maliki said in a news conference that any Member State of the League of Arab States should not receive Hashemi, but added that it is up to international authorities to ask the host to the Vice President for his extradition.
The summit was held Arab Iraq in the past week for the first time in 20 years.
focused summit on Syria, where he is fighting the armed opposition to oust President Bashar al-Assad, but drew attention also to the cooling of relations between Iraq's Shiite-dominated and Gulf Arab states that are governed by all the families of the ownership of a Sunni.
and feel the Arab Gulf States concerned about Iraq's relations with Shiite Iran, which seeks to expand its influence in the region. As Iraq has taken a more moderate on the crisis in Syria while calling Qatar and Saudi Arabia to send weapons to the armed opposition.
was Emir of Kuwait is the leader of the only Gulf, who attended the summit in Baghdad when sent Qatar message through the delegation of a low level.
A spokesman for the Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh told Iraqiya state television on Saturday that the letter was strongly worded.
He added that the message were not friendly, adding that Iraq does not accept any Arab or foreign interference in its internal affairs.
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Posted 01/04/2012 05:53 PM
BAGHDAD - Babinaoz (Reuters) - A statement from the Office of the Vice President fugitive Iraqi Tariq al-Hashemi, who caused his case in a political crisis threatening the sectarian balance in Iraq that al-Hashemi left the northern semi-autonomous Kurdish to Qatar.
and accuses the government in Baghdad's Shi'ite-led al-Hashemi, one of the top politicians from the minority dental management teams of the assassination, a charge denied by al-Hashemi. And fled Hashemi Kurdish region since issued a Baghdad arrest warrant against him in December.
The government, Kurds, Sunnis under the power-sharing deal aimed at calming tensions that led to the sectarian violence in 2006 and 2007 killed thousands of Iraqis.
Hashemi's office said he left the country to visit Qatar, which he described Iraq as a clear challenge to the warrant.
said in a statement that Hashemi left this morning, heading to Doha at the invitation of the past. The statement added that it is expected that the visit will last several days to visit after Hashemi other countries will be announced later and then return to his residence in the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan.
said Qatar News Agency that al-Hashemi arrived in the country on an official visit scheduled to last a few days.
While political crisis eased somewhat in recent weeks with Hashemi in the Kurdish region, saying he could not get a fair trial in Baghdad.
of harboring al-Hashemi and became Kurds, who have the courts and security forces of their own party in the crisis with the central government in Baghdad. They said they would not hand over al-Hashemi for his trial in Baghdad because the issue has political dimensions that must be addressed first.
Ali al-Moussawi, media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Reuters that travel Hashemi violation of the law, noting that the airport authorities Erbil should face legal consequences because he is banned from traveling.
He that the Iraqi law and the one and applies to everyone, including Kurdistan.
Earlier on Sunday, Maliki said in a news conference that any Member State of the League of Arab States should not receive Hashemi, but added that it is up to international authorities to ask the host to the Vice President for his extradition.
The summit was held Arab Iraq in the past week for the first time in 20 years.
focused summit on Syria, where he is fighting the armed opposition to oust President Bashar al-Assad, but drew attention also to the cooling of relations between Iraq's Shiite-dominated and Gulf Arab states that are governed by all the families of the ownership of a Sunni.
and feel the Arab Gulf States concerned about Iraq's relations with Shiite Iran, which seeks to expand its influence in the region. As Iraq has taken a more moderate on the crisis in Syria while calling Qatar and Saudi Arabia to send weapons to the armed opposition.
was Emir of Kuwait is the leader of the only Gulf, who attended the summit in Baghdad when sent Qatar message through the delegation of a low level.
A spokesman for the Iraqi government Ali al-Dabbagh told Iraqiya state television on Saturday that the letter was strongly worded.
He added that the message were not friendly, adding that Iraq does not accept any Arab or foreign interference in its internal affairs.
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