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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
alternative words: al-Zarqawi, Ahmed al-Khalayleh keywords: famous person related topics: Baqir al-Hakim related web sites: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/18/opinion/main618114.shtml explanation: Born in 1966 to a Palestinian-Jordanian family with the original name of Ahmed al-Khalayleh and grew up at Zarqawi near Amman. Contrary to bin-Laden, his family was modest and little is known about his youth. In 80's, he participated to Jihad against Soviet union in Afghanistan. He was jailed for 5 years in Jordan by plotting against the monarchy. Many think he should mastermind the assassination of Baqir al-Hakim in 2003 and Madrid train bombing in 2004. He is also behind the beheading of hostages in Iraq. Ahmed Chalabi
alternative words: Ahmed al-Chalabi, Ahmed Abdel Hadi Chalabi keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Iraqi Governing Council related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Chalabi , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2291649.stm explanation: Born in 1944 to a wealthy baking family of Baghdad. He left Iraq in 1956 and lived mostly in USA since then. He was one of the leaders of INC (Iraqi National Congress), an organisation supported by Americans to topple Saddam Hussein. During 1995, he tried to organized a resistance in the northern Kurdish region but failed. After the fall of Saddam's regime in 2003, he has been appointed member of the Iraqi governing council, but he is now at odds with Americans because of Iranian espionage affairs. Ali al-Sistani
alternative words: Ali Sistani, Ali Husaini Sistani, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Sistani keywords: cleric , famous person related web sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3033306.stm explanation: Born in 1930 into a religious family near the city of Mashad in Iran and began to study Koran very young. In 1951, he move to the Iranian holy city of Qom, then to Najaf, one year later. There, he deepened his knowledge with prominent Shia clerics such as Abul Qassim al-Khoei. In 1992, after the assassination of the latter, he has been elected to head of Hawza to succeed him. During Saddam's reign, he kept a low profile to remain outside politics. Ghazi al-Yawer
alternative words: Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Iyad Allawi , Iraqi governing council , Jalal Talabani related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Mashal_Ajil_al-Yawer explanation: Born 1958 at Mosul in a leader's family of the powerful Shamar tribe. He studied petroleum engineering in Saudi-Arabia, then UK and USA. After the fall of Saddam's regime in 2003, he returned back to Iraq to become a member of Iraqi interim governing council. The latter appointed Ghazi al-Yawer as a Iraq's interim president in June 2004. After a poor performance of his Sunni party in the first general election held in January 2005, he was replaced by Jalal Talabani and became himself a vice president. Ibrahim al-Jaafari
alternative words: Ibrahim Jafari, Ibrahim al-Shiqr al-Jaafari keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Karbala , Mosul , Iraqi Governing Council , Saddam Hussein , Ali al-Sistani related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Jaafari , http://www.liberalconspiracy.com/BArchives/2004_05_30_barchive.html explanation: Born 1947 in Karbala. After medical studies at Mosul university, he jointed, in 1966, an Islamic fundamentalist movement, Dawa party that opposed to Saddam's regime but fled to Iran in the early 1980s then UK in 1989. After the fall of Saddam's regime in 2003, he was appointed as a member of Iraqi Governing Council. After having served as interim vice-president since June 2004, he was appointed Iraq prime minister in April 2005 but resigned in April 2006. He is also a brother-in-low of Ali al-Sistani. Iyad Allawi
alternative words: Ayad Allawi, Alawi keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Baath party , Saddam Hussein , Iraqi governing council related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyad_Allawi , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3757923.stm explanation: Born 1945 in a wealthy Shia family. His grandfather negotiated Iraq's independence from British. He joined Baath party during his medical studies. In 1971, a disagreement with Baath's policy pushed him to exile to UK. In 1978, he survived an assassination attempt. In 1993, Allawi organized Iraq national congress (INA) to overthrow Saddam's regime. In 2003, he returned back to Iraq and became a member of Iraqi governing council, then Prime minister but resigned in April 2005 after having lost the election. Izzat Ibrahim
alternative words: Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Saddam Hussein , Tikrit , Mosul , Baath Party related web sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2333927.stm , http://www.msnbc.com/news/986164.asp explanation: Born in 1942 at Tikrit, but some claims at Mosul. Anyway, his origin is modest because he was selling ice creams when he was young. Izzat Ibrahim met Saddam Hussein in prison in 1970's, since then, they have never be separated: he knew always to please Saddam by a ruthless against opponents. He was the responsible of chemical attack against Kurd civilians in 1988. Vice-president of Baath's Revolutionary Command Council, he is the most high raked official still at large. Jalal Talabani
keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Kurd , Iraqi Governing Council related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani , http://www.puk.org , http://www.la.utexas.edu/chenry/usme/sp99/roles/0085.html , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2480197.stm explanation: Kurdish leader, born in 1933 in the northern Iraq. He studied the law at Ebril and Kirkuk but a persecution due to his political activities forbid him to be graduated. He joined Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) at the age of 14 and took an active part in fighting against the Iraqi central government. In 1975, he left KDP led by Mustafa Barzani and founded Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. After the fall of Saddam's regime, Talabani has been appointed member of IGC. He is Iraq president since April 2005. Massoud Barzani
alternative words: Massoud al-Barzani keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Kurd , Iraqi Governing Council related web sites: http://www.kdp-ankara.org.tr/massoud_barzani.html , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2480149.stm explanation: Born in 1946, as a son of Mustafa Barzani in the ephemeral republic of Kurdistan in Iran. After the collapse of the republic, he fled to Iraq with his grand father and received the Arabic education there. As a leader of KDP, he negotiated a Kurdish autonomy with the central Iraqi government in 1970 but entered an armed rebellion after the betrayal. He succeeded the general secretary of KDP on his father's death in 1979. After the fall of Saddam's regime, Barzani has been appointed member of IGC. Muhammed Saeed
alternative words: Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf keywords: famous person , statesman related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Saeed_al-Sahaf , http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2927031.stm , http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com explanation: Born 1940 in Hilla near Karbala, al-Sahaf is a rare Shia Muslim who could get a high rank position in the Sunnit dominated government. After having served as ambassador in different countries, he was appointed in1992 foreign minister but in 2001, he was removed from this position due to a less satisfactory performance, compared to his predecessor, Tarik Aziz. Because of his funny comments on Iraq War as Iraq's information minister, he was nicknamed "Comical Ali". Page number: 1 2 16 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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