May
09
2012
By ielr
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At the request of the Iraqi government, Interpol has issued an international wanted alert, a "Red Notice," for Tariq al-Hashemi, Iraq's Vice President. Mr. Hashemi is currently in Turkey, and is being tried in absentia in Iraq on terrorism charges. The Vice President has called the charges politically motivated; he is a minority Sunni, while the government is dominated by Shiites. The Turkish government has yet to respond to the Red Notice.