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Inquiry supports case against Iraq VP

Associated Press

  February 17, 2012

An Iraqi judicial panel said yesterday that the Sunni vice president and his employees ran death squads that killed security officials and Shi’ite pilgrims. The findings, touted as the first independent assessment of the accusations, were likely to only further hike sectarian tensions over the politically divisive case. Vice President Tariq Hashemi has denied the charges, and the accusations have angered many Sunnis who see them as part of a campaign by the Shi’ite prime minister to push them out of politics.

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