Vice President Tariq Al-hashimi of Iraq

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's top Sunni official has set a deadline of next week for pulling his entire bloc out of the government -- a potentially devastating blow to reconciliation efforts within Iraq.

Al-Hashimi said the United States co-signed those changes, and now a year and a half later nothing has been done.

Al-Hashimi said he has expressed his concerns to Bush, and that for now he will not travel to the United States unless he knows it will result in action.

Al-Hashimi was invited to Washington during a recent phone call with Bush.

Al-Hashimi said that his patience is running thin with the government's failure to promote reconciliation and that he feels he is not consulted regularly on key decisions.

Al-Hashimi said that al Qaeda is gaining strength in some areas, including parts of Baghdad, because Sunnis were frustrated by the lack of political progress.

ET) Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi says Sunnis are increasingly feeling "meaningless" in the political process.

BAGHDAD, Jan 8 (UPI) -- Secular Iraqi lawmakers said Thursday the departure of a large coalition from the Iraq Accordance Front rendered the party ineffective amid political disputes.

5 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi says any security agreement with the United States must guarantee full sovereignty for Baghdad.

BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (UPI) -- Former Iraqi Culture Minister Asaad Kamal al-Hashimi is to be executed for his role in the slaying of two sons of another Iraqi politico, a court source said.

A Conversation with Tariq al-HashimiIraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi discusses the situation in Iraq, particularly the Shia-Sunni sectarian conflict.

Tariq al-Hashimi Tariq al-Hashimi is vice president of Iraq.

On Sunday, al-Hashimi met with his Iranian counterpart, Parviz Davoudi.

ET) Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has thanked Iran for helping solve Iraq's problems, the Iranian official news agency says.

The new administration's reputation is on the line because of President-elect Obama's silence," Tariq al-Hashimi said in a statement issued by his office.

BAGHDAD, Jan 13 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi has urged the incoming US.

BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said Wednesday a presidential council accepted the Sunni Iraq Accordance Front nomination for Iraqi Parliament speaker.

troops must remain in Iraq until Iraqi forces are fully capable to replace foreign forces, Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said Wednesday.

Iraqi vice president Tariq al-Hashimi discusses the situation in Iraq, particularly the Shia-Sunni sectarian conflict.

The Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi has arrived in Turkey on Saturday to hold talks.

Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said All Iraqis want terrorist attacks against Turkiye to end, after weekend meetings with the Turkish president in Ankara.

Al-Hashimi was scheduled to meet with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Tuesday.

two vice presidents, has lost to the insurgency.

Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said the US.

Al-Hashimi said a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition forces does have to be set if "forces of resistance" are to be drawn into dialogue aimed at achieving reconciliation and national unity.

Tariq al-Hashimi is Iraq's most prominent Sunni Arab political figure.

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Al-Hashimi has been the most outspoken about the measure, and his office warned that some of the law's articles actually harm the national reconciliation process.

We want both countries to respect the borders of each other and expect the sides to be against such a thing, al-Hashimi said upon his arrival in Ankara for a one-day visit.

Al-Hashimi was scheduled to meet with President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Tuesday to discuss the security situation in Iraq which he described as bad and opportunities for more investment there.

By LEE KEATH BAGHDAD, Iraq - A sister of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi was killed in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad Thursday, police said.

Mayson Ahmed Bakir al-Hashimi was shot by unidentified gunmen as she was leaving her home Thursday morning in southwestern Baghdad, said police Capt.

We have to defend the future of our people, al-Hashimi said at a news conference with President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and his fellow vice president, Shiite Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Mayson Ahmed Bakir al-Hashimi, whose brother Tariq al-Hashimi was named vice-president on the weekend, died as gunmen in a car sped by her home in southwestern Baghdad.

Two weeks ago, Tariq al-Hashimi's brother Mahmoud al-Hashimi was shot while driving through eastern Baghdad.

Al-Hashimi has one other brother, who is believed to be living abroad.