FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty Sunday, Sept, 2012 of running death squads against security forces and Shiites, and sentenced him to death in absentia. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)