- Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi
Abdul Nasir Karim Yusuf al-Janabi is an
Iraq i politician and a former member of theIraqi Council of Representatives for theSunni Arab -ledIraqi Accord Front .A
Salafist , he was appointed in 2005 to the committee which drafted theconstitution of Iraq . Following the drafting, he called for theArab League andUnited Nations to intervene to prevent it being passed into law. [ [http://www.juancole.com/2005/08/constitution-born-by-caesarian-section.html Constitution born by Caesarian Section] , "Al-Hayat" via "Informed Comment ",2005-08-29 , accessed on2007-07-17 ]He was elected in the
Iraqi legislative election of December 2005 as one of the Front's 44 MPs, from theIraqi National Dialogue Council party.In October 2006 a woman was killed when mortar rounds hit his house in
Mussayab ,Babil Governorate. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IBO743361.htm FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 27] , "Reuters ",2006-10-27 ]In March 2007 the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council requested that the Council of Representatives lift his parliamentary immunity to face charges of kidnappings and terrorism. This followed an exchange in Parliament the previous month with Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki , who said he was involved in the kidnapping and murder of 150 Shiites nearHilla inAnbar province. [ [http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/1816 MP Denounces Move to Strip Immunity] , "IraqSlogger",2007-03-08 , accessed on2007-07-17 ]In July 2007 Janabi announced he was resigning from the Front and parliament and "joining the armed resistance". [ [http://iraqnewsmonitor.blogspot.com/search/label/Abd%20al-Nasir%20al-Janabi Iraqi Accordance Front member says he will join resistance] , "Iraq News Monitor",
2007-07-04 , accessed on2007-07-17 ] . The Front and INDC responded by saying that they had expelling him, describing him as a "troublemaker". [ [http://iraqnewsmonitor.blogspot.com/2007/07/accord-front-announces-it-has-expelled.html Accord Front Announces It Has Expelled Parliament Member Abd Al Nasir Al Janabi] , "Iraq News Monitor",2007-07-13 , accessed on2007-07-17 ]References
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