Iraqi Shiite Sadrist delegation pays surprise visit for Sunni Anbar Province

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A delegation from Iraq’s Shiite Trend, led by the Parliament’s Deputy Speaker, Qusay al-Suhail, has arrived in west Iraq’s Sunni Anbar Province, on a surprise visit, and was received by Anbar Council’s Chairman, Sami Rashid, an Anbar Council source reported on Wednesday. Noteworthy is that the Shiite Leader, Muqtada al-Sadr, had threatened on November 20, 2011 to “account anybody, who would  harm Anbar Governor,” according to his office, following Governor Qassem Mohammed al-Fahdawi’s charge against al-Mahdi Army of the Sadrist Trend, with having been behind an assassination attempt against him. Fahdawi told reporters he had received a “document, sent by the Intelligence Body of Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, confirming the involvement of al-Mahdi Army with the incident, demanding the government to detain those behind the assassination attempt.” SKH (PT) 469