Daraji describes Hashimi’s accusations to Maliki for attempting to assassinate him as Untrue

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) MP, Shakir al-Daraji, of the State of Law Coalition described the accusations of the judicially wanted former Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of attempting to assassinate him at his residence in Turkey, as “Untrue.”

Speaking to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com), he said “Hashimi’s accusations to Maliki are to attract the attentions of all sides to his case because he is fugitive and sentenced to death in absentia.”

“If Maliki had such idea or intention, he would have done it when Hashimi was in Iraq killing the Iraqi people in the last few years where Maliki had an idea bout his crimes,” he concluded.

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.”