al Dhari is in Jordan?

Yesterday, the Shia Iraqi Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Harith al-Dhari, head of the (Sunni) Muslim Clerics Association, seriously inflaming the Sunnis and putting the existence of the "unity" government at risk.

It has led to a call by the Muslim Clerics Association for Sunnis to withdraw from the government.

But, what caught my eye, was this item way buried deep in a Reuters article, "Sunni leaders like Dari, who is safe from arrest in neighboring Jordan,..."

So, for what purpose, other than angering the Sunnis, was this arrest warrant issued?

Also: What's really odd about this hugely divisive arrest warrant is that it comes right on the back of the Education Ministry kidnappings that had already led to calls for the Sunnis to abandon the government. It's almost like this is designed to get the Sunnis to withdraw. If the Shia want civil war, there will be civil war.

(Juan Cole: "Al-Dhari in opinion polling is among the most popular Sunni figures in the country.")