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Summary Iraq's government has issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi.
Iraqs Shiite-led government has issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the countrys highest ranking Sunni official, on terrorism charges.Interior Ministry spokesman Adil Daham told reporters about the warrant on Monday, the day after the final U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq and ended a nearly nine-year war.The move signaled a sharp new escalation in sectarian tensions that drove Iraq to the brink of civil war just a few years ago.State-run television aired what it characterized as confessions by alleged terrorists linked to al-Hashemi.
