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| Iraq |
| Interior ministry to announce names of individuals implicated in MP killing |
| 2008-10-17 |
| Iraqi Interior official on Thursday said his ministry would announce the names of individuals implicated in killing a lawmaker loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in upcoming days. "The arrested wanted individuals admitted their involvement in killing MP Saleh al-Eikili", Maj. Gen. Abdelkarim Khalaf, chief of National Command Centre in the Interior Ministry, told Aswat al-Iraq. However, the interior official stressed the Ministry "would not announce the names until al individuals involved in the killing operation are arrested". PM Nouri al-Maliki ordered setting up a commission of inquiry headed by Interior Minister to probe the killing of MP Saleh al-Eakili from the Sadrist bloc and to bring the perpetrators to justice". Al-Eikili died of his wounds after his car was hit with a roadside bomb on the perimeters of Shiite slum Sadr City. The MP was a senior member of al-Sadr's political bloc, which has 30 seats in the 275-member parliament. The Shiite cleric's cease-fire order to his militia has been a key factor in a sharp decline in violence over the past year. |
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