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| Malaysia detains Iraqi lawmaker on fake passport |
| 2009-10-17 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Malaysia has detained a fugitive Iraqi lawmaker, Mohammed al-Daini, after he was caught using a fake passport at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, local media reported on Friday. Daini was detained on Oct. 10 when an immigration officer at the departure checkpoint stopped him after checks revealed he was carrying someone else's traveling document, according to the online version of the New Straits Times. State news agency Bernama said Daini was still under detention pending deportation. "The suspect is still being detained because we still have to wait for a new travel document from the Iraqi Embassy before he can be sent back to his country of origin," Abdul Rahman Othman, director-general of the Immigration Department, was quoted by Bernama as saying. In February, the Iraqi parliament lifted the immunity of Daini, paving the way for his arrest on charges of orchestrating a series of sectarian murders and attacks, including a suicide bombing in parliament. Daini, a Sunni legislator, has been accused by the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of ordering car bombings, mortar attacks and mass murders during the height of the violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S. invasion. |
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| Iraqi lawmaker denies bomb, murder allegations | |
| 2009-02-24 | |
| A Sunni politician accused of orchestrating a 2007 suicide attack on the Iraqi parliament and a host of other bombings and gangland-style killings said on Monday the allegations were false. Mohammed al-Daini, a member of the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, said allegations made against him by the Shiite Muslim-led government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were revenge for criticism he made of the treatment of prisoners.
"The suicide bomber entered with an authorization paper from Mohammed al-Daini and blew himself up at the parliament," nephew Riad Ibrahim al-Daini said on the video, adding that he had taken the assailant to the scene. Al-Daini said filmed confessions were extracted by force. "The physical and psychological torture which those people were subjected to was so obvious," Daini told a news conference. "We knew there would be a price to pay for supporting the innocent, but we did not expect the exaggerated actions taking place that are beyond all legal and constitutional limits." Military spokesman Qassim Moussawi said authorities were waiting for the courts to issue an arrest warrant for Daini, after which they would ask parliament to lift his immunity. A warrant already had been issued for his brother, Ahmed al-Daini, on terrorism charges, Moussawi told Reuters on Monday. "We have enough evidence to incriminate Mohammed al-Daini," Moussawi said. | |
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| Iraq seeks arrest of MP accused in parliament bombing | |
| 2009-02-23 | |
A Sunni Muslim MP in Iraq was accused Sunday of ordering an April 2007 suicide bombing in the parliament canteen that killed eight people including a fellow lawmaker. Major General Qassem Atta, spokesman for Baghdad's military security command, made the charge against Mohammed al-Daini, a member of the National Dialogue Front, at a press conference.
"The suicide bomber entered with an authorisation paper from Mohammed al-Daini and blew himself up at the parliament," nephew Riad Ibrahim al-Daini said on the video, adding that he had taken the assailant to the scene. The nephew said he had carried out "dozens of crimes, including murders... at the orders of Mohammed al-Daini." Atta told reporters in downtown Baghdad's Green Zone where the Iraqi government is based and parliament is also located that the MP's immunity had not yet been lifted, but a request has been made to the judicial authorities. But measures have been taken "to prevent him from travelling abroad," said the spokesman. | |
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