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Iraq's Sunni VP Says He Is Ready to Face Justice

Description:Within days of the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, government authorities issue an arrest warrant for Sunni Muslim Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi. He is suspected of ties to assassinations and bombings, but defended himself at a news conference Tuesday. The political struggle between Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Sunni rivals in the country's delicate power-sharing deal has intensified during the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops. (3:19)

Source: Reuters

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