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    Probe finds Iraqi VP behind death squads

    BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi investigation panel says the country's Sunni vice president and his employees were behind years of deadly attacks on security officials and Shiite pilgrims.

    Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar did not offer any evidence Thursday to back up the panel's findings.

    Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has denied the charges and accuses Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of coordinating a smear campaign to consolidate power.

    The independent judicial council appointed the nine-judge investigating committee after the government issued an arrest warrant against al-Hashemi in December, throwing Iraq's politics into chaos.

    Al-Hashemi is in Iraq's northern Kurdish region, where he has sought refuge from the central government in Baghdad.

     

    16 comments

    • End political parties  •  2 mths ago
      Last I looked Iraq is a death squad...
    • RobertP  •  Bridgeport, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      So how is this any better than life under Saddam Hussein? Is this what our sons and daughters died to accomplish?
      • reaper 3 mths ago
        pretty much.
      • Panama Joe 3 mths ago
        No, they died for oil, which Bush gave to Exxon, BP, Shell, and a French outfit, Peak.
    • JOEY D  •  Dayton, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      And you guys think our VP is nutz!!
    • The Guffaw Conspiracy  •  3 mths ago
      This is obviously Israel's fault. It's always Israel's fault.
      • Habanera 3 mths ago
        Yes because Israel's AIPAC lobby has pushed US politicians to wage all these wars to protect the Jewish state of Israel
      • The Guffaw Conspiracy 3 mths ago
        Makes me wanna go gun down some more Afghanis.
      • Eze Enwereuzor 3 mths ago
        why would israel be invovle in Iraq?
    • Otto Pilot  •  Spring Branch, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Here we go again....
    • VANCE  •  Manvel, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      What is still taboo to every news outlet is the fact that our so-called allies in Saudi Arabia (Sunni) supported the insurgency that killed and maimed most of out troops. It was openly reported then hushed up during the Bush regime and has not been revisited since. With all of the talk about Iran and their "interest" in Iraq, the # 1 foreign fighters in Iraq by head count was overwhelmingly Saudi. They were also the most welcomed, as they not only came to fight, but carried w/ them an avg. of $ 6,000.00 each. Wonder where that money came from, since S.A. is a rich only @ the top nation w/ the vast majority being very poor? Our own foreign aid? Our own gas pumps?
    • Panama Joe  •  3 mths ago
      Welcome to Nation Building 101, where we are surprised that putting rivals into opposing posts (VP and Prez) actually CAUSES conflict! Well, surprise, surprise, surprise! I'm sure its another sterling moment of American nation building in Iraq, while America goes down the drain...
    • Underdog  •  Las Cruces, New Mexico  •  3 mths ago
      And we thought that they would get along????
    • wow  •  3 mths ago
      wow!
    • mohammad  •  3 mths ago
      such a guilty man should be punish in soonest time,
    • mohammad  •  3 mths ago
      some arab puppet can't see Iraq back to its power, and do such a crime,
    • Eze Enwereuzor  •  Rockville, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      i'm confused i tough he was innocent and now iraq compeltey screw if he get arrested.
    • Joe  •  3 mths ago
      All terrorists and criminals have to be brought to justice, if any country wants to make it safe for their families and especially it's children.
      • reaper 3 mths ago
        so you want to invade again?
    • RobertM1000  •  3 mths ago
      Who cares? As long a #$%$ are killing #$%$. That makes the world a better place.
    • Habanera  •  Joinville, Brazil  •  3 mths ago
      Thanks again Bush
      • California Larry 3 mths ago
        You are correct! We should thank him everyday you inhale the fresh Freedom you enjoy. He was a wondreful President. No Obama, No Liberal Immoral idea's(Gay Marriage exp.), No Socialism, balance the budget, Support the 2nd Ammendment, Fight Islamic terrorism, Communism, help support all men and women in the world that are inslaved by Dictatorship, radical religious beliefs.
      • reaper 3 mths ago
        Larry you're batchit crazy
      • Joseph 3 mths ago
        George bush never balanced the budget, expanded department of education, put in prescription drug problem(socialism), threw us in a great recession, lost 2 wars, ignored signs that would have prevent 9/11, never got OBL, signed patriot act(communism), tortured people, killed many innocent people with bombing of Iraq. Obama sucks to but he got OBL, out of Iraq, never touched our 2nd amendment, economy is turning around slowly. At least he partially ran on idea of socialism instead of lying to us.
    • More Betta  •  Kahului, Hawaii  •  3 mths ago
      Who cares, just as the Koranimals continue to drop like flies and breed only with their own kind, doing the world a major favor and service
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