Monday, 26 December 2011

Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq (AP)

Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. The Sunni vice president wanted for allegedly running a hit squad in Iraq accuses Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of waging a campaign against Sunnis and brewing a sectarian war. In an interview with The Associated Press, Tariq al-Hashemi said al-Maliki wants to get rid of all political rivals and run Iraq like a 'one-man-show.'(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The political party loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called Monday for the dissolution of Iraq's parliament and new elections in another move that could escalate the country's growing sectarian crisis.



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