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September 15, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE524212.htm

Iraq to Prosecute Legislator for Israel Trip

[Reuters] Waleed Ibrahim - Iraq said on Sunday it would prosecute secular Sunni parliament member Mithal al-Alusi who made a trip to Israel earlier this month for a conference on terrorism and security. "In the name of the government and prime minister, we reject this visit which violated the law and provoked the feelings of the Iraqi people. The government will take all legal measures against this person," minister for parliamentary affairs Safaaeddine al-Safi told the assembly. Two sons of Alusi were murdered in 2005 and a former culture minister, Asaad al-Hashemi, was found guilty in absentia last month and sentenced to hang for involvement in the killings.

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