Adnan al-Dulaimi

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Adnan al-Dulaimi is a Sunni leader of the General Council for the People of Iraq, a component of the Iraqi Accord Front (IAF) which won 44 seats in the December 2005 general election.

He has had a major role in galvanizing Iraqi law makers against the meddling of pro Iranian factions in Iraqi government. As a result, he has been the target of political maneuverings of the Shia factions inside the parliament.

Adnan al-Dulaim has been the target of terrorist attacks on his life several times. On Feb. 22nd, 2006, Gunmen attacked the disabled car of Iraq’s top Sunni politician, killing one bodyguard and wounding five after the Sunni leader sped away in another vehicle. After the attack, Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc, refused to assign blame and called for restraint to blunt the spiraling sectarian violence. “I don’t accuse anyone. ... I consider it accidental, and I call on my brothers for self-restraint and to contain what happened because Iraq is bigger than Adnan and his guards,” al-Dulaimi told The Associated Press. ^[1]

In July 2007 he resigned as leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front.^[2]

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"Our participation in this so-called national unity government is weak and marginalized and our ministers have no authority to serve Iraq or its people."[1]

"When you are forgotten and suffer psychological pressure you tend to go back to religion and appeal to God to end your ordeal, added to that the desire to take revenge on those who illegally threw you in jail, you tend to be a soft target for extremists."

"In every meeting I have with US officials I repeat my appeal to them to take into consideration that they cannot keep people in prison indefinitely without charges.

"It is just not right and gains them nothing but increasing extremists who spend their days in detention looking forward to one thing, which is to be released one day and to take their revenge."

"They keep reassuring me that they would take action but they never did. They release [a] few dozens and the next day arrest hundreds."

"There are now around 17,000 Iraqi detainees in Buka camp in the south. Most of them are innocent people. They get arrested and thrown in jail for months and years without charges and without trial, and while in prison they are approached by al-Qaeda people."