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Former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi hopes for tribal harmony. (Associated Press)

Iraq Shiite government reigns at other tribes’ peril

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad in 2007. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi finance minister: Staff members have been kidnapped

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to the media during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Iraqi court hands Sunni VP al-Hashemi a 2nd death sentence

Associated Press

Zainab Abbas inspects her destroyed house June 29, one day after a car bomb attack in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad. June was the second-deadliest month in Iraq since U.S. troops pulled out Dec. 18, 2011, with a major bombing or shooting occurring about twice a week. The possibility of civil war is a concern. (Associated Press)

Civil war feared in unstable Iraq

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

People inspect a bomb scene on July 4, 2012, a day after an explosives-laden vegetable truck ripped through a crowded market in Diwaniyah, 80 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Violence, political unrest in Iraq fuel fears of civil war

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Trial postponed for fugitive Iraqi vice president

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

World Briefs: President resigns amid plagiarism scandal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq VP: Death-squad charges politically motivated

By Lara Jakes and Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car-bomb attack outside Mosul, Iraq, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo)

Car bombs kill 11 people around Iraq

By Bushra Juhi - Associated Press

**FILE** Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (center) speaks at a ceremony marking Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad on Jan. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

Officials: Car bombs kill 14 in Baghdad

By Adam Schreck and Yahya Barzanji - Associated Press

In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, photo, people gather at a coffee shop in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqis are again segregating themselves along sectarian lines, prompted by a political crisis pulling at the explosive Sunni-Shiite divide just weeks after the American withdrawal left Iraq to chart its own future. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Fearful, Iraq’s Sunnis leave mixed neighborhoods

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, on Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Sadrists call for new elections in Iraq

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces inspect a crater created by a car-bomb attack in the neighborhood of Karrada in Baghdad. A series of blasts Thursday morning killed or wounded scores of people in coordinated explosions designed to wreak havoc in the capital. The last U.S. combat troops left the country on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Bombings rock Baghdad and kill scores

By Guy Taylor and Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq’s vice president accuses Iran of being involved in his arrest warrant

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces and people inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011. A series of blasts Thursday morning in Baghdad killing and wounding scores of people in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc across the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Wave of bombings kills 69 across Iraqi capital

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

** FILE ** Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq prime minister tells Kurds to hand over Sunni VP

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Iraq vice president denies he directed hit squad

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Iraq’s Sunni VP denies charges he ran hit squad

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Iraq's Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni. (Associated Press)

Arrest warrant issued for Iraqi vice president

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Lack of Sunnis undermines power bloc