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Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi (center) arrives for a press conference on May 4 in Istanbul, Turkey.
BAGHDAD -- Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks, a move likely to complicate attempts to defuse Iraq's political crisis.
Al-Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim politician with the Iraqiya bloc, fled Baghdad in December when the Shiite-led government accused him of running death squads, a dispute that risked upsetting a delicate power-sharing agreement.
The vice president, who is in the Turkish city of Istanbul, has denied he was involved in murdering six judges and other officials. He says the charges are politically motivated and has refused to stand trial in Baghdad.
"My defense lawyer will present an appeal to Interpol in the next few days," al-Hashemi said in a statement. "I won't submit to pressure and blackmail."
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According to the BBC, Iraqi authorities allege al-Hashemi is linked to about 150 killings.
The case strained Iraq's fragile coalition of Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political blocs and generated fears of a return to the broad sectarian violence that wracked the country during the darker days of the war in 2006-2007.
"This is an escalation ... while some Iraqi political blocs are trying to meet to solve problems, those which head the government are creating problems," said Ahmed al-Massari, a senior Iraqiya lawmaker.
Iraqiya complains it is being shut out of power, and briefly boycotted the government earlier this year after an arrest warrant was issued against al-Hashemi. Iraqiya and al-Hashemi cite the charges an example of Shiite Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's flexing his authority for political gain.
Turmoil
The al-Hashemi case is being closely monitored by Iraq's neighbors concerned about the turmoil spinning into more Sunni versus Shiite violence, just months after the last American troops left the country in December.
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The Red Notice issued by the international police organization calls on security forces in its 190 member countries to help locate al-Hashemi and bring him to justice.
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"At the request of Iraqi authorities, Interpol has published a Red Notice for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on suspicion of guiding and financing terrorist attacks in the country," Interpol said in a statement.
While Red Notices are not international arrest warrants, some of Interpol's member countries treat them as such.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told a news conference that he believed al-Hashemi would return to Iraq after medical treatment.
"Al-Hashemi continues with his initiatives regarding his legal problems," Erdogan said. "We gave him all kinds support on this issue and we will continue to do so."
'Serious charges'
Interpol said the notice would restrict al-Hashemi's ability to travel and cross borders.
"This case also clearly demonstrates the commitment of Iraqi authorities to work with the world police community via Interpol to apprehend individuals facing serious charges,"Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said in a statement.
Al-Hashemi's trial was postponed a week ago after his lawyers argued that it should be held in a special court for political figures. It is scheduled to resume on Thursday.
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The trial focuses on the assassination of three government officials. Al-Hashemi and his bodyguards are also charged with the murders of six judges.
Since December when al-Maliki's government accused al-Hashemi and sought the ouster of another leading Sunni politician, many Iraqi Sunnis say they fear he is trying to sideline them to consolidate his power.
The political crisis has been complicated since last month when the autonomous Kurdistan region halted oil exports and hinted it could break away from Baghdad in a long-running dispute over oil and land rights.
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Four senior Iraqi political figures have threatened al-Maliki with a vote of no confidence unless he stops engaging in what they called "autocratic" decision-making at the expense of other partners in the power-sharing government.
But the Shiite, Sunni-backed and Kurdish blocs are still haggling over an agreement that will break their political impasse. Most blocs are sharply split over how to end the crisis and who might replace Maliki if his critics muster a vote against him.
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The Interpol's Red Alert notice finally reached America- al-Hashimi has been holing up in Istanbul,Turkey with security personnel provided 24/7 by none other than Turkey's PM Erdogan. Al-Hashimi is in Basaksehr district in Istanbul (20 police officers' security for Hashami). Furthermore Turkey's PM Erdogan will not recognize Interpol's Red Notice although Turkey and Iraq have an extradition treaty dating from 1995. Turkey will not arrest him- al Hashemi is their guest. PM Erdogan also stated that Baghdad has not been arresting the Kurdistan Workers'Party members (PKK)in Kurdistan,Iraq,where they are- Turkey has been making numerous airstrifes on Iraq's Kurdistan to kill outright any Kurds even in Iraq. Al Hashemi is charged with aiding and abetting,financing the terror murder of 6 Iraqi judges and officials.
I do not understand the first part of your post - how has this "reached America"
The Interpol Red Notice has been abused by repressive regimes for quite some time. The big problem is that there is no legal body that has any oversight on the issuance of these notices that is separate from Interpol. Interpol generally accepts requests for Red Notices to be valid on their face and does not routinely review or question the facts surrounding the requests. They make the assumption that the requesting country's charges against the individual are valid. There needs to be a way for an individual to challenge these Red Notices in a legal forum, particularly since a significant number of them are based on politically motivated charges being made by repressive regimes. Maybe the ICC in The Hague should be designated to hear appeals to the issuance of Red Notices. For now, I think Erdogan is doing the right thing by refusing to take action on the Red Notice against al-Hashemi. Whether he is doing so because of his frustration with the Iraqi's failure to take action against the PKK rebels or because he really disagrees with the Red Notice is open for debate, but at least the outcome is the correct one. The problem is that this is only going to further raise the tensions between Iraq and Turkey. Turkey routinely violates Iraqi sovereignty with their cross border strikes against the PKK and this has been causing problems between the two countries for some time.
It seems clear in this particular case that the issuance of the notice as designed to harass al-Hashemi for political reasons. The Iraqi PM al-Maliki is trying to consolidate his power and push the Sunnis out of the government. After many years of living under repressive Sunnis rule under Saddam Hussein, some Shiites now want to get even. They do not want to share power with the Sunnis in any way. Hopefully the more moderate of the Shiites will get al-Maliki to back down and work with the Sunnis, or in the alternative succeed with a no confidence vote against him to remove him from power. If al-Maliki is allowed to continue on his current course, Iraq is going to descend into yet another round of major sectarian violence and civil war.
The above are great points regarding how Interpol can be used as a political weapon - see the case of the American NGO workers in Egypt, for example. What all the reports on this seem to miss is that there is a secretive, unregulated process called a 'diffusion notice' which has NO oversight by Interpol and cannot be retracted once issued. At least red notices have an appeals process.
It is the use of diffusion notices which undermines the credibility of Interpol as a politically neutral organization and I hope some folks in the media will research this as it is quite incredible how this can be abused.
The picture reminds me of what my Dad once told me, he said "Son, you can put a monkey in a suit, but, it's still a monkey!
As a vet myself, I will be glad when our troops come home. However, when they do, Iraq is going to explode literally and figuratively. Saddam was evil, no doubt, but give him credit for having control of that country, nutjobs included.
On a side note, I have a feeling folks are going to start injecting religion into this story. Please don't. I ask very nicely. This is a political story, relating to doing good or evil. Nothing more, nothing less. Thank you.
@ myspellingcheckerisbroken: you ask wayyyy too much from people that LIVE to:
-Jump to conclusions
-Throw politics as quickly as possible
-Jump to the side of the republicans
-Jump to the side of the democrats
-Jump to blaming Bush for everything
-Jump to blaming Obama for everything
-Cry RACISM is why
-Connect it all to the 1%
As much as I wish your pleads were going to be heard, I sadly and regretfully must let you know that the only way you will not see this move straight into an ignorant political rant fully of brain-cell killing quotes, stats and endless rants...is to drop your post and run. By that I mean make your comments and never return to this post again. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD....NEVER LOOK BACK!!!
Good luck
myspellcheckerisbroken,
You are so right about Saddam. He may have been a mental case, but fact is he kept a lid on it. Aren't you glad the US spent billions of $ and thousands of lives?? For what?? Some bull$hit huh??
Hey guys. Thank you for the replies.
@DV
I'm sorry I came back. I couldn't help it, but you should know that you cracked me up and I appreciate the humor. It made my day.
The Shiite government of Iraqi, is moving ever closer to the Shiite government of Iran; this guy is a Sunni, their enemy for the last 1000 tears, we have created a hell of a mess in the middle east; Bush and Cheney got us in this mess, Obama was elected on the promise to get us out within a year, he failed, he will not be re-elected.
You know, this is why the so-called "Arab Spring" is actually an "Arab Winter." The divisions between the Shiite and Sunni were kept in balance (somewhat) because it was "all in the family," the Islam family in this case. Only those playing in that game of balance really understood the frailty of it all and the chaos it would cause should it be upset. On the US side of things, Carter was the first to get involved, ousting the Shah of Iran and paving the way for Ahmadinejad (later down the road) to take over. Bush 1 threw a wrench in the balance with the Gulf War. Bush 2 carried it further by ousting the Taliban and Saddam. Now Obama has made the play of ousting Mubarak and Gadaffi.
I don't find it surprising that the US feels they have to get involved in every situation, but these are things that have been happening for much longer than the US has been around. It's high time we leave these people alone and let them rise on their own or destroy each other in the process.
Interpol...suckers can't even get bush...and his mass destruction lies...to press charges for war crimes and crimes against humanity...we like a good cowboy bad cowboy story...thanks msnbc...your corporately controlled reporting really is something ...
The Shiite is about to hit the fan.
I'm sure glad that Shrub ended that "oil for food" program and the "no fly zone", creating a utopia for the people of Iraq.
Results---religious violence, a bombed out infrastructure, 5000 dead US service members, 60,000 innocent Iraqis, disruption in the world's oil supply, suicide bombers, etc. Mission Accomplished, you war criminal.
Oh if only American's could observe the extremes that occur in other countries when religion and government become intertwined - and before anyone plays the "that's just Islam" card - there are plenty of "Christian" examples too (e.g.: Northern Ireland).
I get really sick of politicians who feel obligated to integrate their personal relationship with God into their campaigns for office. That opens the door to actions based on religious "mandates" and even greater polarization. When your country is a melting pot, that's a recipe for the majority to abuse minorities and never realize or understand it.
What is amazing is that the Shia-Sunni split comes down to political differences in the 600s after Muhammed's death. Shia thought leadership should remain within Muhammed's family and Sunni believed that leadership should be selected by the community of the faith. Politics and religion... never a good plan.
Perhaps it less of a Shia-Sunni, politics-religion thing than a simple case of good vs evil thing.
I agree religion and politics don’t mix, but if you go back to a religion’s early days and get rid of all the divine and holy rubbish then essentially you can see that religion is political in nature
Instead of hitting the fan, Shiites should hit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and other Sunni international trouble creators!
I wonder if Bush & Cheney are next
When everything falls apart, Big Oil will sent Americans to kill and die to protect their supply chain.
I hate to say this. This is a political game. One of the expatriated Iraqui refugee, a good friend of mine, when asked to comment on this news, said that all the charges are trumped up by the Shia president, al-Maliki, a distant cousin of my best friend, Khalid Kassem al-Maliki, for his and his friend across the border, Iran's nasty doings.
By the way, he is a Shia, himself. I swear.
I get around.
...and I am Sid Harth@mysistereileen.com
Do you really think we don't already know that?
Sounds like Maliki has Interpol in his backpocket.
Do we ever get the truth and an unbiased and unmodified fact?. What has the accusing party done itself?
I'm afraid there is too much oil money and power to be had for honesty from any of them. Yep, they have reached democracy.
Nice suits by the way.
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My First visit to Iraq was in 1976 (Before Saddam Hussein) and the country was Quiet and peacefull. Look at what Politics has done to this country and look what Politics has done to our country
Most people don't know that Saddam Hussein began his political career as a pipe weilding thug on the streets.
more Muslims tied too terrorists act's topping the news ! whats new ?
The Iraqis still can't manage to get it together. Saddam Hussein seemed to have a handle on all these fools, but just couldn't resist invading Kuwait. The clowns who are in charge right now can't even run the Iranian insurgents out of Iraq.
It takes a strong hand to rule a country with theses Muslim low life pigs !
1991 and 2003 Iraqi wars directed by Sunni Saudis & co, oil companies and Jewish extremists groups were disasters.
Where were the needs to take sides?
"Interpol called for the arrest of fugitive Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi at the request of Iraqi authorities on Tuesday on suspicion of planning attacks"
Objectives of 1991 and 2003 Iraqi wars: Saudis, Kuwaiti and other Sunni rulers saved; WMDs removed; mission accomplished; Iraqi soldiers and police well trained; reconstruction completed and democray established and so on.
This is net results.
Wait for bloody sectarian tribal civil wars! Now we can't even watch what we achieved!!!!
More Muslim scumbag criminals. They also had sex with pigs just like the pigs they are.
UK Child Sex Trafficking Trial: Nine Muslim men guilty of exploiting non-Muslim schoolgirls for sex and prostitution after plying them with vodka and drugs
Five girls aged between 13 and 15 were shared by men in the Rochdale area
Teenagers targeted because they were vulnerable and from broken homes
Police said one victim was forced to have sex with 20 men in one night
Gang used white girl, 15, known as 'The Honey Monster' to recruit victims
Girls picked up where young people congregate, such as outside takeaways
Attackers range in age from 22 to 59 - all are from Pakistan, apart from one from Afghanistan
Muslim leader warns that some British Pakistani men "think that white teenage girls are worthless and can be abused without a second thought"
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this is the guy oboma has been giving billions of tax dollars to. billions in arms. are you kidding me.
safe passage to terrorist last week for meeting, let hundreds of proven terrorist out of jail.
i see the movie "saving private ryan" all over again. let them go and they turn around and shoot you in the back.
oboma's spending has nothing to do with bush or any other president. he is putting us in a place we will never be able to dig ourselves out of.
entitlement programs and his ability to look into a camera and lie like a dog is amazing. please forgive the dog analogy as that is really knocking the dog species.
oboma is worse than any Enron or madoff. oboma is wasting tax payers dollars like he is a drug dealer in some small country and has no one to answer to. I cannot believe the folks that back him on the hill but the majority of the population wants nothing to do with oboma-care. this country if run by the people for the people. it is being run against the people at this point.
"If Dubya and Dick arent going to trial as war criminals I'm not either!" So he thinks. Its a dream i think the world and I are ready for... the bunch of them whole Hague'd and hung.
none of this would be happening if we had left Iraq and Saddam alone. he had control and if the KURDS had not tried to rebel that tradgy would not have happened.we have killed many more Iraqi's and lost our own. thank you U.S.Govt! as today's big story shows it was all a HOAX!
Indeed, we @!$%#ed that country up royaly. Think of him as you want, but Sadaam knew the one way to keep those people in check. I dont know why its so hard for the typical american to grasp that some people are not suited for democracy.
Nailed it!!! Some are just not ready to self govern and we cant seem to understand that. They are, for whatever reason, just hundreds of years behind in simple social evolution.
This guy NEEDS to be BEATCH-SLAPPED by a woman right out in Public!
He's so smug and arrogant that you just wish you could Smack it right OFF his face!
geez... some poeple just cant understand normal thinking. its really not that hard to co-exist
This is a perfect example of why the US should avoid nation building and resolving world conflicts of a religious nature. The new bosses are the same as the old bosses.
I say for now avoid world conflicts of ANY nature. We have enough problems of our own without trying to control everyone else's.
Folks most of these global thugs remind me more of the old Mafia leaders than anything, like back in the 30's-60's. The God Father, Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, etc., etc. Where murder was a way of life, and killings by the thousands, based on greed. Well that's basically what these global leaders are, no more than Mafia thugs or Gangsters, ie: Ghadafi, Assad, Hussein and the list goes on and on. It's the global elite out to impose their will on the people, and if it calls for ruthless murder, so be it, to them the end justifies the means. Sound like the Mafia?
We are only in Afghanistan and Iraq for the Oil Robber Barons, the only thing being 'defended' is the Afghan Oil Pipeline that bypasses Iran so the use of the 'Persian Straight' is no longer mandatory to move the product. These factions have been fighting for 2000+ years, we only interrupted it, briefly, for the 1%'rs economic gain (Bush & Co). Otherwise, it's business as usual. The Turks hate the Kurds as much as they hated the Armenians, they have no issues with genocide. Obviously, the Sunni's do as well per Saddam's attempts at genocide. That is why religion is the root of all evil, it encourages gang mentality and discourages critical thinking and individuality.
So WHY haven't your international police issued arrest warrants for the guy running Iran AND Syria ?..... and Russia and North Korea and China ? Wake up people, you now have an international SOCIETY,...queers & all.
THE SQUIRRELS HAVE BEEN BUSY
lots of nut cases out there
thanks for thinking about others with your own adjendas
if not iraq judges send him to the haag for trial
You cannot democromize a nation of muslim ethnicity. The sunnis and shiats hate each other. There will always be wars and termoil between them. We lossed thousands of american soldiers for what? We didnt even get any oil out of the war. There were no weapons of mass destruction. you cannot change these people and we knew this but the Bush administration used fear to scare americans into a war. Let them kill each other just keep americans out of there!
What about the extremes we tolerate in America? Do we not have racial bias? Do we not shoot those who frighten us by having AT&T headed ALEC write the "Stand Your Ground" legislation to make it legal? Do we not have an entire Tea Party, financed by Koch Brothers, Dick Army, and many religious zealots who want to convince us that their brand of religion is the only true way by claiming that America was based on Christian values when the authors of the Constitution were, in reality, Deists that believed in many gods?
Our Constitution, dividing our government from the trappings of religion and the power of religion, allows any religion to exist upon our shores. Haven't Christian Republicans convinced their sheep to ignore the Constitution and repeatedly legislate their "Word" over all other religions in the zealotry of religious fundamentalism comparable to Iraqi fundamentalism which seeks to deny the rights to co-exist with other religious philosophies?
Forcing one brand of religion down everyone else's throats is no god's plan. Only frightened men do that. How many lives will be lost in the cause of religious zealotry because zealots deny any government that does not live by their "Word"? Were not all other religions and beliefs ignored by the people in North Carolina when they deemed that one tiny segment of our population should have no rights to the benefits of marriage? Marriage is not matrimony. Each church has their own form of matrimony.
Don't the Christians of this nation deem their religion as the only valid one? Don't Christians deny the founding principles of our nation that was first populated by the Puritans who hated a National Church, and fled to our shores to escape it? Yet these Christians do the same as they do in Iraq and deny the ability to choose our own faith as Americans as the religious factions refuse to join hands and work together?
Zealots are zealots. It does not matter if they are Americans or Iraqis. In Iraq a representative of one of the religious factions has committed crimes, deemed by the world to be heinous, by the use of his death squads in killing many judges that opposed his religious party's convictions for the sake of power? Similarly, we Americans voted in North Carolina to kill the future of a small per centage of our populace to have the same rights as any other couple which include visitation rights when one is sick, Social Security benefits when one dies, and the right to exist in that state at all.
Bigotry and Religious intolerance are the building blocks of war. We do not need to remind ourselves how many wars were fought over religion. Too many. When will people learn to keep their religions to themselves instead of pushing it on street corners in the hope of redemption for their own sins? How many ornate houses of worship shall be enough to appease the hate against those who choose a different path?
How many times must one read the holy books to see that god's will is to build a population that would stop war and embrace peace and harmony? If that everlasting peace and harmony is achieved by letting us each seek our own path, then so be it. Why must there be so much religious intolerance that only breeds more suffering? When will the sheep awaken and see they are being manipulated by the rich and the powerful and the zealots?
In America we can oppose these fascists by voting. But a lazy populace who knows not what they are voting for is useless in achieving what is God's will. If we hide under blankets with our guns, with our racist attitudes, with our Bibles in the dark where they are not read, or carried into battle for the sake of power and glory, while denying religious freedom and the exclusion of the rest of the human race, we become lost, too.
Bigotry is the hippocracy many nations and especially the theocracies embrace. Religious zealotry is to blame. If it is so beneficial, why must so many die when the holy books tell us "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and "Thou Shalt not Judge"? Why do we all ignore that? Does it make us feel good to set our boot heels on the necks of the infidels? Does it give us that tingle we so crave? Should we not ask ourselves who the real heathens are as we strike down equality for all on issues of race or sexual preference because of our fears of the unknown? How can we be worthy in claiming to value all life as we seek to protect what is not born, while sending our young off to war, or into defunded schools, or to jobless neighborhoods to die, for the sake of the politicians that bend our will away from that which is right?
We know where he's at, let's do the drone thing and gitter done. What's the hold up?
Almost seen exactly the same way by EU about Dick Cheney and George Bush, killing over 1 million people!--in the name of oil, but used "Nuke-Liar" theory(opinion) to set up the average Jo in USA!