“Mr. Hashemi, the country’s most senior Sunni Arab official, was targeted for prosecution within a week of the US military‘s departure from Iraq last December. Since, he’s been on the lam, telling anyone who will listen that Maliki, a Shiite community leader, is amassing dictatorial powers for himself and creating the conditions for a renewed sectarian civil war in the country. In an interview weeks before today’s verdict, the one-time staunch critic of the US occupation said he was looking to the US for assistance, and that unbridled sectarianism was threatening the country’s tenuous stability.”
Related posts:
The Facebook camera that can recognise you every time you walk into a shop
Senate edited Snowden's Wikipedia page to change description from 'dissident' to 'traitor'
Even when jobs return, Detroit’s workers fall short on skills
Mexico next to fire back in Trump's trade war against U.S. allies
Death of man beaten by North Chicago police classified as homicide
Bitcoin: Greece's new euro workaround?
Bitcoin store opens in Calgary
Chicago Bans Vaping In Public—For The Children
A surprising map of the countries that are most and least welcoming to foreigners
World’s largest pot shop can stay open in Oakland, judge rules
As China Dumps Treasuries, World Sees No Better Place for Refuge
White House vows to aggressively combat trade secrets theft in new cybersecurity strategy document
Escaping the death spiral of Blue State taxes
Never Mind $35, The World's Cheapest Oil Is Already Close to $20
EU Expands Russia Sanctions, Includes Aeroflot's Low-Cost Subsidiary