Abdul Karim Ayyashi al-Anizi is an

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

i politician and a member of the

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, representing

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, the fifth largest party within the ruling

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coalition. He served as Minister of State for National Security under the

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. In May 2005 he was tipped as a possible compromise candidate for Prime Minister after

Ibrahim al-Jaafari Ibrahim Abdul Karim al-Eshaiker (; born 25 March 1947), better known as Ibrahim al-Jaafari, is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government from 2005 to 2006, following the January 2005 Iraqi parliamenta ...

was vetoed by the Alliance's

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and

Sunni Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...

coalition partners.BBC News - Iraq conflict thwarts PM Jaafari
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