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[1]. 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[2], Hamed blamed Baathist officers for provoking anti-US sentiments in the city.[3] 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.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/soldados/heridos/ataque/granadas/guarnicion/EE/UU/Faluga/elpporint/20030501elpepuint_6/Tes
- ^ http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/11/fallujah_the_fl.html
- ^ http://www.rferl.org/features/2003/05/05052003144632.asp
- ^ http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2003/05/02/mundo/1387137.html
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