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| Iraqi vice-president: I am innocent | Iraqi vice-president: I am innocent |
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| Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice-president has said that the terrorism trial that convicted him of masterminding death squads against rivals was illegitimate and accused the nation's Shia prime minister of being behind it. | Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice-president has said that the terrorism trial that convicted him of masterminding death squads against rivals was illegitimate and accused the nation's Shia prime minister of being behind it. |
| Tariq al-Hashemi maintained his innocence at a news conference on Monday in Turkey, where he is in exile. | Tariq al-Hashemi maintained his innocence at a news conference on Monday in Turkey, where he is in exile. |
| Hashemi was convicted on Sunday of organising death squads that killed a Baghdad lawyer and a government security official. | Hashemi was convicted on Sunday of organising death squads that killed a Baghdad lawyer and a government security official. |
| The Baghdad court sentenced him to death by hanging. | The Baghdad court sentenced him to death by hanging. |
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