Salam al-Zaubai

Salam al-Zaubai is an Iraqi politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2007. He was elected to the Iraqi National Assembly in December 2005 as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front list.

He is from a well known tribe, the Zoba'a, and heads the Agriculture Engineers Union. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5000750.stm "Who's who in Iraq's new cabinet"] , BBC News, May 22, 2006.]

On March 23, 2007, Zaubai was wounded in an attack involving a suicide bombing and car bombing at a mosque near his home in Baghdad, and he was taken to a U.S. military hospital in the Green Zone for surgery. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6483975.stm "Iraq deputy PM injured in blast"] , BBC News, March 23, 2007.] His adviser was reportedly killed in the attack, along with a number of his guards.Waleed Ibrahim, [http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=302842&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/ "Iraq deputy PM in hospital after suicide attack"] , Reuters ("Mail & Guardian Online"), March 23, 2007.] [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A90E9A2B-948A-451F-8281-892467674AB2.htm "Suicide blast hurts Iraq deputy PM"] , Al Jazeera, March 23, 2007.] A brother and cousin of Zaubai, as well as the mosque's imam, were also said to have been killed. [ [http://iht.com/articles/2007/03/23/news/iraq.php "Iraqi deputy prime minister wounded in suicide bombing"] , Associated Press ("International Herald Tribune"), March 23, 2007.] The bomber attacked al-Zubaie a day after an al-Qaida umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq called him a stooge “to the crusader occupiers.” Hours after the assassination attempt the group claimed responsibility for the bombing. [http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2007/03/24/news/news14032407.txt "Highest-ranking Sunni official in Iraq target of mosque bombing"] , theworldlink, March 24, 2007.] On March 28, he was moved to Amman, Jordan for treatment at the King Hussein Medical Center, and he was released from the hospital on April 3. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/03/africa/ME-GEN-Jordan-Iraq.php "Iraqi deputy PM released from Jordan hospital after treatment of wounds sustained in suicide attack"] , Associated Press ("International Herald Tribune"), April 3, 2007.]

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