Iraqis react to Hashemi death sentence

  • 12 years ago
Iraqis have been reacting to yesterday's death sentence handed to the country's fugitive vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi, for running death squads.

He was once the most senior Sunni Muslim in the Shia-dominated Iraqi government.

In Shia neighbourhoods of Baghdad, while locals welcomed his conviction but they remain cautious of potential sectarian tensions.

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