The Iraqi PM Ibrahim alAshaiqir al Jaafari

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The Iraqi PMIbrahim al-Ashaiqir al- Jaafari

• By Korneliya Bachiyska

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Who is al-Jaafari?

• Born 1947 in Karbala, a Shia
• Graduated at Mosul University as a physician in
  1974
• Joined the Islamic Daawa Party (main resistance
  party to Saddams regime) in 1968
• Moved to Iran in 1980, where he became involved
  in anti-Saddam movement
• Moved to London in 1989, where he became the
  spokesman for the Daawa party in the UK

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Continued

• Returned in Iraq after the 2003 invasion
• Picked in July 2003 as member of the US-backed
  Iraq Interim Government Council
• Served as the first chairman and first interim
  president for one month
• 1 June 2004, selected one of the two
  vice-presidents in the new Iraqi government
• As of February 12, 2006, Jaafari was named the
  new Iraqi Prime Minister (as a member of the
  United Iraqi Alliance)

• The United Iraqi Alliance is a broad-based
  coalition of over 20 groups, but it is dominated
  by the two major Shia parties, Prime Minister
  Ibrahim Jaafari's Islamic Daawa Party, and Abd
  al-Aziz Hakim's Supreme Council for the Islamic
  Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
• The UIA won 128 out of 275 seats in Iraq's new
  parliament, the Council of Representatives, in
  the 15 December 2005 elections, 10 seats short of
  a majority.

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Aims

• Top priority SECURITY demobilizing factional
  militias across the country and strengthening
  Iraqi police forces
• To form a government of national unity, taking
  into consideration minority groups
• To deal with the demands of the Kurds for
  autonomy

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Continued

• To establish a democratic state, in which Islam
  should beone of the main sources for
  legislation, along with other sources that do not
  harm Muslim sensibilities Jaafari in an
  interview for the AP
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• To establish a positive relationship with its
  neighbors
• To secure the withdrawal of the US forces without
  escalating violence afterwards

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Possible crises

• Failure of the new government to work together
  with all ethnic groups, which will consequently
  lead to further polarization of the population
• Failure to preserve the security of the Iraqi
  people
• Failure to prevent further violent clashes over
  the Mohammed cartoons
• Failure to secure good relations with neighbors,
  which is important for the economic and political
  development of the country

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Referencesin slides order

• Profile Ibrahim al-Jaafari, available at
  http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/42681
  43.stm, accessed Feb 21, 2006
• Ibrahim al-Jaafari website, available at
  http//www.al-jaafari.com/, accessed Feb 15, 2006
• Guide to Iraqi political parties at bbc.co.uk,
  available at http//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_eas
  t/4511450.stm, accessed Feb 21, 2006
• Iraq Premier Outlines His Plans for a More
  Inclusive Government, available at
  http//www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/compl
  ete/la-fg-iraq15feb15,0,3075904.story?collla-iraq
  -complete, accessed Feb 15, 2006
• Shiites name pick for premier, from USA Today,
  available at http//www.usatoday.com/news/world/ir
  aq/2005-02-22-al-jaafari_x.htm, accessed Feb 15,
  2006
• Pictures
• Iraqi Flag available from yahoo pictures at
  http//www.classbrain.com/art_cr/uploads/iz-lgflag
  .gif, accessed Feb 21, 2006
• Ibrahim al-Jaafari available from yahoo pictures
  at http//www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/img/BAG1
  0202121019.jpg, accessed Feb 21, 2006