Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Sunni MP's house raided
Politics, Security
(VOI) Iraqi forces stormed the house of member of parliament, Nour al-Dien al-Heyali, from the Sunni Iraqi Accordance Front, and arrested four of his bodyguards, in a raid west of Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said on Tuesday. "Iraqi army troops, at 2 am on Tuesday, stormed the house of Nour al-Dien al-Heyali, a parliamentary member from the Iraqi Accordance Front, in the Yarmuk district west of Baghdad," a police source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). "The forces arrested the lawmaker's four bodyguards after disarming them," the source added. The man is a member of the Iraqi Accordance Front, a Sunni parliamentary bloc with 44 seats. He is also a member of the Islamic Party under Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.
COMMENT: Whether warranted or not, this latest incident targeting a Sunni politician is likely to fuel previous Sunni MPs allegations that the Baghdad security effort is not being fair as it is seen to be predominantly targeting Sunnis. COMMENT ENDS.
Labels: Iraqi Accordance Front, Nour al-Dien al-Heyali, raid
