[Reuters] Aseel Kami - An Iraqi court on Monday acquitted member of parliament Mithal al-Alusi of committing a crime by visiting Israel, a country Iraq considers an enemy, ruling that his visit was not actually against Iraqi law. Alusi, a secular Sunni politician, says he was the victim of a campaign against him because of his outspoken views against Shi'ite Muslim Iran, an ally to many of Iraq's ruling elite.
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