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Tarek al-Hashimi - Vice President of Iraq

31/08/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Tarek al-Hashimi - Vice President of Iraq

Stephen Sackur speaks to Tarek al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice president.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Tarek al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice president, who is currently on trial in absentia.

Tarek al-Hashimi is in a very strange position: he is Iraq's vice president but right now  he is a de facto fugitive in Turkey. He is being tried in absentia on charges of sponsoring death squads inside Iraq. 

The conflict in Syria is fuelling sectarian tension across the Middle East. 

In neighbouring Iraq a political and security crisis has deepened in the last year. 

What hope is there for justice or peace in a region in the grip of sectarian strife?

(Image: Iraq's Vice President Tarek al-Hashimi. Credit: AFP / Getty Images)

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