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Iraq seeks arrest of MP accused in parliament bombing
A Sunni Muslim MP in Iraq was accused Sunday of ordering an April 2007 suicide bombing in the parliament canteen that killed eight people including a fellow lawmaker. Major General Qassem Atta, spokesman for Baghdad's military security command, made the charge against Mohammed al-Daini, a member of the National Dialogue Front, at a press conference.
"The suicide bomber entered with an authorisation paper from Mohammed al-Daini and blew himself up at the parliament," nephew Riad Ibrahim al-Daini said on the video, adding that he had taken the assailant to the scene. The nephew said he had carried out "dozens of crimes, including murders... at the orders of Mohammed al-Daini." Atta told reporters in downtown Baghdad's Green Zone where the Iraqi government is based and parliament is also located that the MP's immunity had not yet been lifted, but a request has been made to the judicial authorities. But measures have been taken "to prevent him from travelling abroad," said the spokesman. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-23 |
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