Ammar al-Hakim arrested by his fathers American ´friends´
Soldiers arrested Ammar al-Hakim and at least three of his bodyguards around noon as they crossed into Iraq from Iran about 80 miles southeast of Baghdad, the capital. His father, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, heads the largest Shi’ite voting bloc in the Iraqi Parliament. The elder Hakim met with President Bush in December in Washington and pledged to help end bloodshed in Iraq.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to Iraq, issued a rapid apology.
He said: “I am sorry about the arrest. We don’t know the circumstances of the arrest and we are investigating and we don’t mean any disrespect to Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim or his family.”
Al-Hakim’s bloc carries the strongest voice in the 275-seat parliament.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A20DE61F-E4F5-4FEF-88B6-9F9FA4129463.htm
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24 Feb 07 at 5:18 pm