Taha Bidaywi Hamed

Taha Bidaywi Hamed is an Iraqi politician. He was elected by local tribal leaders to lead the town council of Fallujah on April 30 2003 [ [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/soldados/heridos/ataque/granadas/guarnicion/EE/UU/Faluga/elpporint/20030501elpepuint_6/Tes Siete soldados heridos en un ataque con granadas contra la guarnición de EE UU en Faluga · ELPAÍS.com ] ] . The position had been vacant after the previous administrators - loyal to Saddam Hussein's regime - fled to avoid being caught up in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Described as strongly pro-American [ [http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/11/fallujah_the_fl.html World Prout Assembly: Fallujah: The Flame of Atrocity ] ] , Hamed blamed Baathist officers for provoking anti-US sentiments in the city. [ [http://www.rferl.org/features/2003/05/05052003144632.asp Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty ] ] However when seven US soldiers were injured in a series of grenade attacks in early May, he was quoted as stating that the general population wished for the troops to leave the city, because they were occupying a Baathist headquarters. [ [http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2003/05/02/mundo/1387137.html Siete soldados de EEUU heridos por el lanzamiento de dos granadas en Faluya / EL MUNDO ] ]

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