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32-811: Abdul Rashid or Abdul Rasheed may refer to: Politics and science [ edit ] Abdul Latif Rashid (1944–), ninth President of Iraq Abdul Rashid (agriculturist) (born 1950), Pakistani scientist and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission member Abdul Rahim Rasheed (1938–2006), Indian Muslim community leader and lawyer to the New Zealand Muslim minority Abdul Rasjid (1891–?), Dutch East Indies physician and politician Mian Abdul Rashid (1889–1981), first Chief Justice of Pakistan Sports [ edit ] Abdul Rashid (hurdler) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic hurdler Abdul Rashid (runner) (born 1928), Pakistani long-distance runner and competitor in

64-656: A critic of the transfer, saying that the U.S. retained too much power. In the lead up to the January 2005 Iraqi election INC joined the United Iraqi Alliance coalition of mainly Shi'ite groups as Chalabi reinvented himself as a sharp critic of the occupation, aligning himself with Muqtada al-Sadr . Chalabi was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in the transitional government, and INC member Ali Allawi (the cousin of Ayad Allawi , and incidentally nephew of Chalabi) became Minister of Finance. In preparation for

96-629: A former senior CIA official and counterterrorism expert. "Much of it is propaganda. Much of it is telling the Defense Department what they want to hear. And much of it is used to support Chalabi's own presidential ambitions. They make no distinction between intelligence and propaganda, using alleged informants and defectors who say what Chalabi wants them to say, [creating] cooked information that goes right into presidential and vice-presidential speeches." (Dreyfuss, December 2002). Chalabi received training in television presentation techniques from

128-656: A presidential finding directing the Central Intelligence Agency to create conditions for Saddam's removal in May 1991. Coordinating anti-Saddam groups was an important element of this strategy. The name INC was reportedly coined by public relations expert John Rendon (of the Rendon Group agency) and the group was funded by the United States. The group received millions in covert funding in

160-679: A revolt against Saddam within Iraq, and that it would quickly expand." In December 2002, Robert Dreyfuss reported that the administration of George W. Bush actually preferred INC-supplied analyses of Iraq over analyses provided by long-standing analysts within the CIA. "Even as it prepares for war against Iraq, the Pentagon is already engaged on a second front: its war against the Central Intelligence Agency.," he wrote. "The Pentagon

192-598: Is an Iraqi political party that was led by Ahmed Chalabi who died in 2015. It was formed as an umbrella opposition group with the aid and direction of the United States ' government following the Persian Gulf War , for the purpose of fomenting the overthrow of longtime Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . INC was set up following the Persian Gulf War to coordinate the activities of various anti-Saddam groups. Then President George H. W. Bush signed

224-445: Is bringing relentless pressure to bear on the agency to produce intelligence reports more supportive of war with Iraq. ... Morale inside the U.S. national-security apparatus is said to be low, with career staffers feeling intimidated and pressured to justify the push for war." Much of the pro-war faction's information came from INC, even though "most Iraq hands with long experience in dealing with that country's tumultuous politics consider

256-410: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Abdul Latif Rashid As Minister for Water Resources from September 2003 until December 2010, Rashid was responsible for a range of issues, including irrigation , municipal and industrial water supply, hydropower , flood control, and environmental requirements, including marsh restoration. Rashid

288-529: Is the guy, there could be a civil war after Saddam's overthrow,' one former C.I.A. operative told me. A former high-level Pentagon official added, 'There are some things that a President can't order up, and an internal opposition is one.'" Notwithstanding these concerns, Hersh reported that "INC supporters in and around the Administration, including Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle , believe, like Chalabi, that any show of force would immediately trigger

320-522: The Irish scriptwriter Eoghan Harris prior to the invasion of Iraq. In February 2003, as the Bush administration neared the end of its preparations for war, an internal fight erupted over INC's plan to actually become the government of Iraq after the U.S. invasion. Chalabi wanted to "declare a provisional government when the war starts," a plan that "alienated some of Mr. Chalabi's most enthusiastic backers in

352-519: The Turkish Defense Ministry stated to Agence France Press that Turkey's armed forces "undertook no such activity." Speaking on 27 February 2023, Rashid said that the 2003 invasion of Saddam-ruled Iraq by the United States and its allies was "necessary" because of the regime's "brutality." He claimed that "after twenty years," now "peace and security [are] all over the country." However, long-awaited public projects, especially in

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384-478: The 1956 Olympic marathon Lala Abdul Rashid (1922–1988), Pakistani Olympic field hockey player Muhammad Rashid (field hockey, born 1941) (1941–2009), sometimes misnamed Abdul Rashid and known as "Rashid Senior", Pakistani Olympic field hockey player Abdul Rashid (field hockey, born 1947) (1947–2020), known as "Rashid Junior", Pakistani Olympic field hockey player See also [ edit ] Abdul Rashid (name) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

416-1047: The 1990s, and then about $ 8 million a year in overt funding after the passage of the Iraq Liberation Act in 1998. The deep involvement of the American CIA in the creation and early funding of the INC in its early years led many to consider the group a "creation of the CIA" rather than an organ of genuine Iraqi opposition. INC represented the first major attempt by opponents of Saddam to join forces, bringing together Kurds of all religions, Sunni and Shi'ite Arabs (both Islamic fundamentalist and secular ) as well as non-Muslim Arabs; additionally monarchists , nationalists and ex- military officers. In June 1992, nearly 200 delegates from dozens of opposition groups met in Vienna , along with Iraq's two main Kurdish militias,

448-449: The INC have been conducting sabotage operations inside Iraq, targeting oil refineries and other installations. The latest attack took place on January 23rd, an INC official told me, when missiles fired by what he termed 'indigenous dissidents' struck the large Baiji refinery complex, north of Baghdad , triggering a fire that blazed for more than twelve hours." However, Hersh added, "A dispute over Chalabi's potential usefulness preoccupies

480-708: The INC umbrella, a cutoff of funds from its international backers (including the United States), and continued pressure from Iraqi intelligence services especially after a failed 1995 coup attempt. In 1998, however, the US Congress authorized $ 97 million in U.S. military aid for Iraqi opposition via the Iraq Liberation Act, intended primarily for INC. In March 2002, Seymour Hersh reported in The New Yorker that "exile groups supported by

512-564: The INC's intelligence-gathering abilities to be nearly nil. ... The Pentagon's critics are appalled that intelligence provided by the INC might shape U.S. decisions about going to war against Baghdad. At the CIA and at the State Department, Ahmed Chalabi, the INC's leader, is viewed as the ineffectual head of a self-inflated and corrupt organization skilled at lobbying and public relations , but not much else." "The [INC's] intelligence isn't reliable at all," said Vincent Cannistraro ,

544-704: The PUK under the leadership of Jalal Talabani , his brother-in-law. Rashid has been involved with a number of programs and organizations related to engineering and agriculture developments. He previously worked as a senior Project Manager for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He has been a member of the Executive Council of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) and

576-812: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Representative in the UK since 1986 and a spokesman for the Kurdistan Front. Rashid is a chartered engineer and a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineering and the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). He has been a freelance consultant for irrigation and drainage projects and worked with the Water Engineering Administration. In 1992, Rashid

608-685: The Pentagon and in Congress, who fear the announcement of a provisional government made up of exiles would split anti-Saddam sentiment inside Iraq." During the Iraq War , the United States created the Free Iraqi Forces , a militia made of Iraqi expatriates and under the control of the Iraqi National Congress, fought alongside American forces. The INC's forces were reportedly ill-equipped, often engaged in lawless activities, and also engaged in sectarian activity against Sunni Muslims. After

640-428: The Pentagon had stopped sending funding to INC, which had averaged about $ 340,000 per month for intelligence gathered by the organization. It is unclear what the military forces were seeking, although a spokesman for Ahmed Chalabi said Chalabi had been held at gunpoint and told to accept concessions then being put in place by the United States in preparation for a transfer of sovereignty on June 30, 2004. Chalabi had been

672-623: The bureaucracy, as the civilian leadership in The Pentagon continues to insist that only the INC can lead the opposition. At the same time, a former Administration official told me, 'Everybody but the Pentagon and the office of the Vice President wants to ditch the INC.' INC's critics note that Chalabi, despite years of effort and millions of dollars in American aid, is intensely unpopular today among many elements in Iraq. 'If Chalabi

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704-652: The fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. Rashid replaced Barham Salih as head of state after the two-round vote in parliament, winning "more than 162 votes" against 99 for Salih. Rashid "immediately" appointed politician Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani as prime minister-designate. This appointment ended the yearlong deadlock. Rashid opposes the normalization of diplomatic relations as long as Turkey violates Iraq's sovereignty. On 8 April 2023, Rashid condemned Turkey's alleged bombardment of an area near Sulaimaniyah airport inside Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. A source from

736-529: The first phase of the Iraq War was over and the Ba'athist government of Iraq was overthrown, a governing council, including Chalabi was set up, but when it came time to choose an interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi , head of rival Iraqi National Accord, was chosen. In May 2004, the United States military raided the residences of Iraqi National Congress members now living in Iraq. It had been announced on May 18 that

768-408: The minister of water resources, a post he kept until 2010. He served as a presidential adviser from 2010. Under the power-sharing agreement among the major ethnic and religious groupings in the country, a Sunni Kurd is elected as president, a Shia Arab as prime minister, and a Sunni Arab as speaker of parliament. On 13 October 2022, Rashid was elected as the 9th President of Iraq after

800-631: The return of a constitutional monarchy for Iraq, moderate Shi'ite Muslim cleric Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum ; ex-Iraqi general Hasan Naqib; and Masoud Barzani . Ahmed Chalabi , a secular Shi'ite Iraqi-American and mathematician by training, became head of the group. INC's political platform promised " human rights and rule of law within a constitutional, democratic, and pluralistic Iraq"; preservation of Iraq's territorial integrity, and complete compliance with international law, including United Nations resolutions relating to Iraq. Differences within INC eventually led to its virtual collapse. In May 1994,

832-583: The rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). In October 1992, major Shi'ite groups, including the SCIRI and al-Dawa , came into the coalition and INC held a pivotal meeting in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, choosing a Leadership Council and a 26-member executive council. The leaders included monarchist Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein that called for

864-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Rashid&oldid=1188401379 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

896-540: The town of Arbil from rival PUK. Iraq took advantage of the request by launching a military strike in which 200 opposition members were executed and as many as 2,000 arrested. 650 oppositionists (mostly INC) were evacuated and resettled in the United States under parole authority of the US Attorney General . INC played a central role in the truce negotiations between KDP and PUK. INC was subsequently plagued by dissociation of many of its constituent groups from

928-542: The transport sector, have not materialized, a shortcoming he attributed to lingering corruption . The Iraqi president expressed the belief that "improving relations with neighbors, including Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan, is a source of strength for Iraq." He is married to Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed and they are the parents to three children. Iraqi National Congress The Iraqi National Congress ( INC ; Arabic : المؤتمر الوطني العراقي , romanized :  Al-Moutammar Al-Watani Al-'Iraqi )

960-594: The two main Kurdish parties began fighting with each other over territory and other issues. As a result of the growing difficulties within INC, the United States began seeking out other opponents who could threaten the Iraqi regime, such as the Iraqi National Accord (INA), headed by Ayad Allawi . The rivalries between the Kurdish parties prompted the KDP to seek armed support from Saddam Hussein for its capture of

992-778: Was born in 1944 in Sulaymaniyah , Kurdistan , Kingdom of Iraq , to an upper-class Kurdish family. Rashid took British A-Levels in North Wales. He has a B.Sc. (1968) in Civil Engineering from Liverpool University and an M.Sc. (1973) and Ph.D. (1978) in Engineering from Manchester University . After having graduated from Liverpool University he became a lecturer at the University of Sulaymaniah in 1969. Upon returning to Iraq, he became an active member of

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1024-812: Was elected vice president and Executive Member of the Iraqi National Congress (INC), and in 1998, he was elected to the INC's six-member leadership. Apart from having technical qualifications and engagements, Rashid has actively participated in Kurdish and Iraqi politics. In 1986, he became the spokesman for the PUK in the United Kingdom. He has attended many conferences and official meetings on behalf of Kurdish political parties and Iraqi opposition groups during Saddam's regime. Rashid has also represented Kurdish politics and Iraqi opposition groups to Saddam in official meetings with various international institutions and governments. In 2003, he became

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