Deputy prime minister, Iraq, 2006ish. Friends with Narmin Othman. Kurd. Knew Ryan Crocker. * 1979 - Left Iraq Went to college in england. * 2001 in Iraq, prime minister, Kurdish region * 2002 April, five of his bodyguards die when someone tries to kill him, just before he is to meet Crocker * 2005 in parliament Involved with International Compact for Iraq