- Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Saadoun al-Dulaimi (Arabic: سعدون الدليمي "Saʿadūn ad-Dulaimī") was the Iraqi
Minister for Defence in theIraqi Transitional Government . A formerLieutenant Colonel in the Iraqi military and head of the Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies, a private polling firm that he established himself, he fled toSaudi Arabia in 1986. Al-Dulami lived there in exile until the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Though Dulaimi supported the dismantlement of theBa'ath Party 's dominant position, he himself was once a Ba'athi.Al-Dulaimi has since shown a tendency to advocate violent means to quell unrest. On the last day of
Ramadan in 2005, he threatened to attackSunni residential areas and demolish the homes of individuals suspected of anti-Coalition/anti-government guerilla membership while their women, children and other relatives were still inside themFact|date=February 2007. After the bombing of theAl Askari Mosque inSamarra , he announced that " [w] e are ready to fill the streets with armoured vehicles" if the protest and riots continued.Fact|date=February 2007References
* [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-02-25T220642Z_01_MAC231520_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAQ.xml Reuters UK: al-Dulaimi advocates a harsh clampdown after Al Askari bombing unrest] - No longer available.
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