IRAQ: Mourners in Baghdad gather for the funeral of the the vice president's sister

Record ID: 872823

  • Title: IRAQ: Mourners in Baghdad gather for the funeral of the the vice president's sister
  • Date: 27th April 2006
  • Summary: MOURNERS CARRYING COFFIN WOMEN CRYING MOURNERS CARRYING COFFIN MORE OF WOMEN CRYING COFFIN BEING PLACED IN THE BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK/ MOURNERS CHANTING "GOD IS GREATEST" COFFIN WRAPPED WITH IRAQI FLAG PICK UP TRUCK LEAVING WITH COFFIN
  • Embargoed: 12th May 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
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  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAA5KI8ITAE0K184XGNGZ02XCY3
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  • Story Text: Mourners on Thursday (April 27) turned out for the funeral of Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi who was gunned down in her car -- the latest high level assassination as Washington's top diplomatic and defence officials visited to underscore support for a new government.
    Meysoun al-Hashemi, the sister of the Sunni Arab vice-president, was shot on Thursday morning in the Hay al-Ilaam section of Baghdad.
    Hashemi's brother was killed on April 13 and the brother of another leading Sunni politician was also kidnapped and killed this month.
    Last October, the brother of the other vice president, Shi'ite Adel Abdul Mahdi, was also killed.
    The latest murder came as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Baghdad to underline the importance Washington puts on Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki and his efforts to form a coalition government.

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