BAGHDAD – Iraqi authorities have issued an arrest warrant against the Sunni culture minister and raided his home yesterday after he was accused of ordering an assassination attempt against a secular Sunni politician more than two years ago, officials said.
Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi, who was not home when the raid occurred, was identified by two suspected militants as the mastermind of a February 8 2005, ambush against then-parliamentary candidate Mithal al-Alusi, according to governmental spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh. Al-Alusi escaped unharmed but two of his sons were killed.Nampa-APAl-Alusi escaped unharmed but two of his sons were killed.Nampa-AP
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