Iraq Says Suspects Arrested For Murder Of Academic Hashemi By Farid Farid and Cecile Feuillatre
07/16/21 AT 8:13 PM
Iraq s premier Mustafa al-Kadhemi announced Friday that suspects have been arrested for the murder last year of academic Hisham al-Hashemi, one of dozens of unpunished hits the country has suffered in recent years.
A specialist on Sunni extremism and a government adviser with a vast network of contacts among top decision makers, Hashemi was shot dead outside his Baghdad home in early July last year by gunmen on motorcycles.
The academic had also become outspoken against powerful Shiite armed actors aligned with Iran that Washington blames for rocket and other attacks against US interests and troops in Iraq.
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