- Dara Noor Alzin
Dara Noor Alzin was a member of the
Interim Iraq Governing Council created following theUnited States 's2003 invasion of Iraq . ASunni Kurd, Alzin was a judge who ruled that an edict ofSaddam Hussein 's government which allowed confiscation of land without proper compensation was unconstitutional. He was sentenced to several years in prison, but only served eight months of his sentence in theAbu Ghraib prison before being released in October2002 .Bibliography
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