Every sect attends Iraqi lawmaker’s state funeral

By The Washington Post / The Bulletin
June 14, 2009

BAGHDAD — Iraqis buried a top Sunni lawmaker Saturday in a state funeral attended by politicians from all sects in a gesture toward religious reconciliation.

Harith al-Obaidi, 45, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses by security forces inside Iraqi jails, was shot dead at a....

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