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Tarek al-Hashimi - Vice President of Iraq

Tarek al-Hashimi - Vice President of Iraq

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Stephen Sackur speaks to Tarek al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice president.

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Tarek al-Hashimi is in a very strange position: he is Iraq's vice
president but right now he is a de facto fugitive in Turkey. He
is being tried in absentia on charges of sponsoring death squads
inside Iraq.

The conflict in Syria is fuelling sectarian tension across the
Middle East.

In neighbouring Iraq a political and security crisis has deepened
in the last year.

What hope is there for justice or peace in a region in the grip
of sectarian strife?

(Image: Iraq's Vice President Tarek al-Hashimi. Credit: AFP /
Getty Images)