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Kharrazi says occupation forces responsible for Hakim`s killing

IRNA

Damascus, Sept 9, IRNA -- Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal 
Kharrazi said here on Monday evening that the occupiers of Iraq are 
responsible for the assassination of the senior Iraqi Shiite leader, 
Ayatollah Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim. 
Kharrazi, speaking at a ceremony to commemorate Ayatollah Hakim, 
said the occupation forces have failed to guarantee the security of 
the Iraqi citizens, as well as the religious and political leaders. 
"Therefore, even if the occupation forces were not directly 
involved in this crime, they have acted as the accomplice [in 
assassinating him]," he said. 
Ayatollah Hakim, who was the leader of the Supreme Assembly of the
Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI), was martyred in a devastating 
explosion in Iraq`s holy city of Najaf last Friday. The explosion left
some 125 killed and over 200 wounded. 
Kharrazi further underscored Hakim`s efforts to materialize the 
demands of the Iraqi people to promote Iraq`s independence and 
sovereignty as well as democracy in the country. 
He also regretted that Hakim`s death had inflicted the heaviest 
blow to the interests of the Iraqi people, adding that the occupation 
forces and the Zionist regime had benefited the most from the 
incident. 
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