Iraqi Accord Front
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The Iraqi Accord Front (Arabic: جبهة التوافق العراقية) is a mainly Sunni Islamist Iraqi political coalition created on October 26, 2005 to contest the December 2005 general election. The party is based in Iraq's wider Arab section.
Its main components are:
- The General Council for the People of Iraq led by Adnan al-Dulaimi
- The Iraqi Islamic Party led by Tariq al-Hashimi and
- The Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a bloc of parties led by Khalaf al-Ulayyan
In the December 2005 elections, the alliance won 15.1% and 44 out of 275 seats, the largest number of any Sunni Arab-led list.
On, April 12, 2007, Taha al-Liheibi a member of the Iraqi Accord Front was injured in the Green Zone at the convention centre canteen of the parliament building in Baghdad. [1]
In July 2007 al-Dulaimi was replaced by Ayad al-Samarraie as the leader of the Front. [1]
The Front withdrew from Nouri al-Maliki's government on August 1, 2007 [2][3].
The Front announced, in priciple, that it would rejoin Nouri al-Maliki's government on April 17, 2008 [4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Iraqi Political Crisis Near End as Tawafuq Chief Quits, New York Sun, 2007-07-06
- ^ Iraq Sunni bloc quits coalition, Al-Jazeera, 2007-08-01
- ^ Maliki's Impact Blunted By Own Party's Fears, Washington Post, 2 August 2007
- ^ IAF announces return to Maliki’s government-MP, Voices of Iraq, 2008-04-17
- ^ Sunni bloc agrees in principle to return to Iraqi government nine months after quitting, MSNBC, 2008-04-17
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