snip..."On Friday, the flight became an issue in Iraq's U.S.-backed election when Defense Minister Hazim Al-Shaalan threatened to arrest a political rival.[Chalabi]"
...
The Defense Minister was apparently involved in some military contract deal which didn't have the Iraqi interim government's approval... and al-Shalaan didn't like being called on it so he started threatening people with arrest for saying he had something to do with it.
Keep putting up pics guys of voting this is great.