MP: US troops knew about Hashimi’s involvement in terrorism before their withdrawal in 2011

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Saad al-Mutalibi, revealed that “The US knew about the involvement of the Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashimi, who is sentenced to death in absentia, in conducting criminal acts before the US troops’ withdrawal from Iraq in 2011.

He stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “The US forces before its withdrawal had information over the involvement of Hashimi in conducting the armed activities during the previous years,” noting that “The Iraqi Government addressed the US Authorities over its negligence towards taking the required procedures against him but they answered that they were concerned of sectarian sedition at that time.”

“The US authorities advised him to abandon killing crimes yet he did not respond and went on in his criminal policy,” he mentioned.

“The Government have firm evident about Hashimi’s crimes and his relations with the terrorist groups,” he assured.

He expect “Hashimi to resort to escalating the crimes to destabilize the security situation through his groups in Iraq.”

Earlier, Hashimi accused Maliki of attempting to assassinate him at his residence in Turkey.

In a press interview published on his website, Hashimi said “I have received many threats about assassination attempts and I have information that Maliki has sent specialized intelligence teams to Turkey in order to assassinate me and you can notice that from articles published on websites close from Maliki.”

“Targeting me aims to isolate me from the political process and target the Sunni community which elected me to be a vice-president but I have many options to serve my country,” he added.

He stressed “I am here in temporary Turkey since I belong to my people in Baghdad but I will return when my case will be settled politically because it is not criminal.”

He also criticized the “Bad policies of Maliki which resulted in catastrophes for Iraqis that might cause a public revolution in Iraq.”