Baqir Jabr Al-Zubeidi (; born 1946), also known as Bayan Jabr Solagh (), is an Iraqi politician and former commander of the

Badr Brigades The Badr Organization ( ''Munaẓẓama Badr''), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist and Khomeinism, Khomeinist political party and paramilitary organization headed by Hadi al-Amiri. The ...

who served as the

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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 ...

in the

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Nouri al-Maliki Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as Vice President ...

. He served as Minister of Interior, in charge of the police, in the Iraqi Transitional Government and was Minister of Housing and Reconstruction of the

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. He is also a senior member of the

Shi'a Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor ( caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community ( imam). However, his right is understoo ...

United Iraqi Alliance as well as a leader in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). Born in 1946 to a

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family in the

Maysan Governorate 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 ...

, Jabr became a Shi'a activist while studying engineering at Baghdad University in the 1970s. He escaped to

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amid former Iraqi President

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's crackdown on Shi'a political groups and joined the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). He later headed SCIRI's office in

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. According to the Independent newspaper Jabr was a former commander of SCIRI's militia, the Badr Brigades. On 3 January 2006, his sister was reported kidnapped from Baghdad by Iraqi insurgents. Parts of central Baghdad were locked down as police searched for the woman. She was released two weeks later after a ransom was paid by him.

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PBS FRONTLINE: Gangs of Iraq
17 April 2007

21 November 2006 1946 births Badr Brigade members Living people Iraqi Shia Muslims University of Baghdad alumni Interior ministers of Iraq Finance ministers of Iraq {{Iraq-politician-stub