[Beirut Daily Star: Region] Iraq has arrested a former deputy governor and charged him with terrorism over his alleged participation in deadly clashes between Shiite militiamen and police in 2007. "Jawad al-Hasnawi, the former deputy governor of Kerbala, has been arrested and charged with terrorism along with one of his assistants named Ali al-Silawi," provincial police chief Major General Ali Jassem Mohammad said."Hasnawi and his assistant will be arraigned in court on the charges of participating in the events of the Shaabania pilgrimage in Kerbala in 2007," he said, referring to a religious ceremony that turned into a bloodbath.
The government has issued arrest warrants for two other provincial officials it also suspects of involvement in the clashes. Hasnawi and the others are all members of the political movement of Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr.