Wednesday, 26 May 2010Iraq: investigations pointed to the involvement of «rule» the assassination of MP Aqidi
Talabani calls to respond to crime to speed up the formation of a national government
بغداد- الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Condemned the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the assassination of MP-elect for the Iraqi List Bashar Aqidi, while the Prime Minister the security agencies to intensify their efforts to uncover clues Crime
Iraqi List announced that preliminary investigation into the incident pointed to the involvement of al Qaeda in it, with the exception of Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, the assassination attempt to confuse the efforts to form a government.
The new deputy, who stood for the Iraqi List Aqidi Bashar was assassinated Sunday evening in the Amil district of the city of Mosul after a shooting by an unknown group.
Condemned by Britain and Japan, assassination, and bring damage to the democratic process taking place in the country.
And the transfer of a presidential statement on President Talabani as saying: «the forces of treachery committed a heinous crime and terrorism, the assassination of another MP elected to parliament, Bashar al-Hamid Aqidi in Mosul».
He added: «This criminal act is vicious in a series of crimes aimed at undermining the stability and spread panic and stir in the Iraqi society».
He continued: «We strongly condemn this heinous crime to express our sincere condolences to the families martyr and his colleagues in the coalition« Iraq », and call for political forces to unite and its efforts to confront the terrorists and foil their plans to speed up the formation of a government partnership and a wide national».
To the Prime Minister the leader of the armed forces Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's security forces to intensify their efforts to hunt down terrorists, uncover clues cowardly crime that affected a member of the Iraqi National List in Nineveh province, Shahid Bashar Aqidi.
Through a statement issued by his press office received a copy of the morning yesterday, about the conviction and condemnation of the heinous crime that targeted one of the winning candidates in the parliamentary elections, calling on political forces loyal to unite in the face of terrorist organizations hostile to the political process.
For his part, Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi: "The assassination of the deputy in the new Council of Representatives Bashar Aqidi indicate the presence of irregularities in Almtsidip services to maintain the security which requires working hard to clear the suspicious elements."
A statement from the office of Abdul-Mahdi, had received "morning," a copy of it: "The vice president condemned the assassination of the deputy in the new Council of Representatives Aqidi Bashar, who was assassinated by gunmen yesterday in the city of Mosul."
The statement quoted him as saying: "We received with deep sorrow and sadness the news of the assassination of MP Mohammed Bashar al-Aqidi, who passed away after a shooting incident upon by gangs of treachery and crime."
He added: "This serious incident indicate a bug in the security preparations, and breaches of computers Almtsidip to maintain the security which requires working hard to cleanse them of suspicious elements."
And demanded: "Increased vigilance and caution, especially at this sensitive stage in the country, trying to gang-Qaeda and allied with the orphans of the Baath Saddam used to destabilize the security and stability in the country, to interfere with the efforts being made to speed up the formation of the new government."
He continued: "While we strongly condemn this heinous crime, we offer our deepest condolences and sympathy to the brothers and sisters in the list and members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and to the family of the deceased and his friends."
The Secretary-General of the Community "Iraqi" leadership in the Iraqi List, Osama Nujaifi, announced earlier yesterday that preliminary investigations into the incident point to the involvement of al-Qaeda assassination Aqidi.
He said in a statement carried by news agency Nina: "There are other parties associated with foreign parties related to the overall situation in Iraq the year."
He added: "The government bears part of the responsibility, by refusing to provide protection for the Iraqi National List MPs, especially in the province of Nineveh, as we have given formal requests for the government to protect the winners of Representatives, but the government refused."
For its part, said a spokeswoman for the British embassy in Baghdad: "We condemn the killing of Deputy Mohammad Bashar al-Hamid Aqidi in Mosul
Those who seek to refer the progress that has happened in Iraq to the violence and terror will not disappoint their quest
We know that local police had arrested two suspects and we hope that referred to the perpetrators of this crime to justice, "
Japan also condemned the assassination, and the Japanese Embassy said in a statement: "Japan is in great shock and much resentment towards the assassination of Bashar al-Aqidi candidate the winner of the Iraqi National List in Mhaaftp Nineveh.
The statement added that "terrorism can not be justified for any reason, and thus Japan renews its firm condemnation of this terrorist act, a criminal who tried to harm the democratic political process and efforts to form a new government.
He expressed the expectation that the Iraqi politicians to mitigate the impact of this criminal act and continue to make every possible effort towards the formation of the new government as soon as possible, stressing that Japan will continue to support such efforts of the Iraqi people.
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