Hashimi in Saudi Arabia
Iraq's fugitive vice president arrived Wednesday in Saudi Arabia after a four-day official visit to neighboring Qatar, the official Saudi news agency said. Tariq al-Hashemi, the top Sunni official in Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, is wanted in Iraq on terror charges for allegedly running death squads against Shiite pilgrims, government officials and security forces.Abdullah al-Shihri reports for The Associated Press:
Iraq's fugitive vice president arrived Wednesday in Saudi Arabia after a four-day official visit to neighboring Qatar, the official Saudi news agency said.
Tariq al-Hashemi, the top Sunni official in Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, is wanted in Iraq on terror charges for allegedly running death squads against Shiite pilgrims, government officials and security forces.
