Iraq denies claim by fugitive VP of torture deaths
Iraq's judiciary denied on Wednesday the latest allegations by the country's fugitive vice president that two more of his bodyguards were tortured to death by security forces during a terrorism investigation last month. The office of Tariq al-Hashemi, Iraq's top Sunni official, said the men died during an interrogation, according to a statement released late […]Sameer N. Yacoub reports for The Associated Press:
Iraq's judiciary denied on Wednesday the latest allegations by the country's fugitive vice president that two more of his bodyguards were tortured to death by security forces during a terrorism investigation last month.
The office of Tariq al-Hashemi, Iraq's top Sunni official, said the men died during an interrogation, according to a statement released late Tuesday. It did not give their names, identifying them only by their initials, A.H. and A.A.
