OIC Chief Condemns Killing of Iraqi MP Harith Al Obeidi

Jeddah, June 14, SPA -- The Secretary-General of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has
condemned the criminal assassination of the Iraqi Member of
Parliament and Head of the Iraqi Accordance Front, Harith Al Obeidi,
after he performed Friday prayer in Al-Shuf Mosque in West Baghdad.

As he offers his condolences to the family of the deceased and to
the entire Iraqi people, the Secretary-General deplores this ugly and
cowardly terrorist act which aims at sowing the seeds of sectarian
strife and undermining national unity in Iraq.

The Secretary General appeals to all Iraqi parties to continue to
implement the provisions of the Makkah Al Mukarramah Document of
October 20, 2006, which calls for shunning sectarian strife, condemns
terrorism and urges for establishing security, stability, coexistence
and development for the benefit of the Iraqi people as a whole,
according to a press release issued here yesterday.

--SPA