Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the

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created following the

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's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A

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Muslim, al-Mohommedawi led the resistance against

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's government in the southern marsh regions of

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, where he gained the title "Prince of the Marshes." He was imprisoned for six years under the Hussein regime and currently leads the Iraqi political group

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Amarah Amarah (), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the northern tip of the marshlands between ...

. After the

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in 2003, he organised a militia in

Maysan Maysan Governorate () is a governorate in southeastern Iraq, bordering Iran. Its administrative centre is the city of Amarah, and it is composed of six districts. Before 1976, it was named Amara Province. Etymology This region was called ''Messè ...

governorate which prevented looting. These militia later joined the Maysan police. His brother was appointed governor of Maysan. In 2004 he was criticised when six unemployed demonstrators were shot outside the governor's house. Hezbollah (Iraq) joined the

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coalition in the

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. He was the Trade Minister in the

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from May 2005 until May 2006. His deputy, Jawad al-Bolani, was the Interior Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2010. Hezbollah has clashed violently with the

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which controlled the

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until 2009.Iraqi Interior Minister Bolani: Chalabi Redux?
''Cutler's Blog'', 2006-06-08, accessed on 2007-04-04

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