Baha Araji

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Baha Araji (also transliterated Bahaa al-Aaraji) is an Iraqi politician and a member of the Iraqi National Assembly. He is a spokesman for the United Iraqi Alliance and a member of the Sadrist Movement which is led by Muqtada as-Sadr.

He was a member of the committee that drafted the Constitution of Iraq, where he opposed the proposal for Shi'ite and Sunni Arab Regions. [1]

During coalition negotiations in 2006 he strongly opposed the inclusion of Iyad Allawi's Iraqi National List in the government, saying they represented a red line drawn in blood. This was a reference to the crackdown that Allawi's Iraqi Interim Government launched against the Mahdi Army.

[edit] Quotes

• "The Mahdi Army and the Sadrists represent a wide sect of the Iraqis and that is why Maliki should support them." [2]

[edit] External links

• Sadr links [3]
• Interview with Bahaa al-Araji of the United Iraqi Alliance, Asharq Alawsat, 2006-10-26