Lebanon Hands Over Al-Alwani’s Body to Iraq without Autopsy

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Lebanon's Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation Judge Ahmad Rami al-Hajj ordered the handover of the body of former Iraqi MP Ahmed al-Alwani to the Iraqi Embassy in Beirut for transfer to Baghdad, at the request of his family. A judicial source explained that X-rays conducted Thursday on al-Alwani’s body revealed a quantity of fluid in the victim's lower abdomen and pelvis.