Dr. Iyad Allawi (born 1945) is an Iraqi politician, and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative elections. A prominent Iraqi political activist who lived in exile for almost 30 years, the politically secular Shia Muslim became a member of the Iraq Interim Governing Council, which was established by U.S.-led coalition authorities following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Wikipedia
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In 1978, after eight years of exile in Britain, Dr Ayad Allawi awoke to discover a shadowy figure standing in his Surrey bedroom. www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1227176,00....
Iyad Allawi is set to become Prime Minister of the interim Iraqi Government on June 30, having today received the unanimous backing of the Iraqi Governing Council. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-1126480,00.html
... questioned the legitimacy of Iyad Allawi's government and said he andhis al-Mahdi army were fighting for the rights of all Iraqis. "This is the desire of the Iraqi people and I am here ... english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6051C98D-2CE1-4DFF-A7B5-0...
Once aclose aide to Saddam Hussein butnow afavourite of the CIA, Iyad Allawi has become the new power broker in Iraq with some other powerful backers hoping to keep him there. english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6C99B500-2F8E-4558-9746-C...
