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Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim
alternative words: Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim keywords: cleric , statesman related topics: Baqir al-Hakim , Iraqi Governing Council , Najaf related web sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2954277.stm explanation: Born in 1959 as a son of the late Grand Ayatollah, Muhsin al-Hakim at Najaf. He fled to Iran with his brother, Baqr al-Hakim to avoid Saddam's persecution. He has been return from Iran after 23 years of exiles and participates now to American appointed Iraqi interim governing council. After the assassination of his brother in August 2003 at Najaf, he became the president of Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, an organisation founded in Iran by his brother against Saddam's regime. 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. 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". Nouri al-Maliki
alternative words: Nouri Kamel al-Maliki, Jawad al-Maliki keywords: famous person , statesman related topics: Karbala , Hilla related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki explanation: Born in Al Hindiyah between Karbala and Al Hillah, in 1950, he studied Arabic literature in Baghdad university. Due to his activism in Islamic Dawa Party, he was sentenced to death in 1980 and had to flee to Iran. In Syria, he organized an American backed resistance to Saddam Hussein, Iraqi National Congress. After returned back to Iraq in 2003, he worked in purging Baath party officials then drafting an Iraqi constitution. Appreciated as a tough negociator, he was apponited Prime Mininister in April 2006. Page number: 1 2 12 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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