Iraq’s Al-Hashimi Denies Charges After Arrest Warrant Issued
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Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi denied charges of terrorism and said he is ready to testify in his defense after the country’s top court issued an arrest warrant and barred him from travel.
“I have been rewarded for my eight years of work with what you heard,” al-Hashimi said today in a televised news conference in Erbil, capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, referring to the arrest warrant. He questioned the motivation and timing of the accusations, which come as U.S. troops leave Iraq, and said he wants to be tried in Erbil.