Tayseer al-Mashhadani

Tayseer al-Mashhadani

Tayseer Najah Awad al-Mashhadani is an Iraqi politician. She was elected to the National Assembly of Iraq in December 2005 as part of the Sunni Arab-led Iraqi Accord Front. She is an engineer by background and a member of the Iraqi Islamic Party

On 1 July she was abducted with 8 of her bodyguards at a checkpoint in the Shiite-majority neighbourhood of Shaab in Eastern Baghdad. Her party accused Shiite militias connected to Muqtada as-Sadr of being behind the abduction, and the Sadrist warlord Abu Dereh has also been accused. After being held for nearly two months, she was released. [ [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2359758&page=2 Iraq Tribal Chiefs Sign Pact of Honour] , "ABC", 2006-08-26, accessed on 2007-01-05 ]

References

* Gunmen kidnap Sunni female MP [http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1961196,00.html]
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/26/iraq.main/index.html]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/08/22/1156012541211.html Lawyer's fate sealed with a judas kiss] , "Sydney Morning Herald", 2006-08-23


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