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Coalition for Iraqi National Unity

Coalition for Iraqi National Unity

Political party in Iraq

The Coalition for Iraqi National Unity (CINU) is a political party in Iraq. It is led by Nehru Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Kasanzani.[2]

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Nehru Kasanzani's father, Sheikh Mohammed al-Kasanzani is the religious leader of the Kasanzani order, which is the largest order of Sufis in Iraq.[3] Sheikh al-Kasanzani led a pro-government Kurdish militia in the 1970s and 1980s and became an important oil industry middleman in northern Iraq linked to Izzat al-Douri.[4] In 1999 Nehru and his two brothers were arrested and sentenced to death after Nehru's brother forged Saddam Hussein's signature. After the intervention of a Kurdish Communist former minister, the Kasanzanis were released and allowed to flee to Iraqi Kurdistan, which was outside the control of the Iraqi government.[3] There, the family are reported to have become assets of the CIA, feeding them lists of names of people in security services.[3] [better source needed]

After the invasion of Iraq, al-Kasanzani founded the Iraqi National Unity Coalition. They stood in the January and December 2005 elections as list 552 but failed to win any seats. They did, however, win 5 provincial assembly seats in Salah ad Din in 2005 and won 14,439 votes and two provincial assembly seats in the 2009 Al Anbar governorate election.[5]

In January 2010 the party was banned by the De-Baathification Commission with 14 others for links with the banned Baath Party.[6]

References

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    "Liberating Iraqi economy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
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    Killing a person in a sticky bomb Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, Eye, 2009-12-24
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    What Are an Iraqi CIA Agent and His Novice Lobbyist Up to in Washington?, DC Bureau, 2009-05-15
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    THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: RELIGION; As Sunni Divisions Widen, Iraq's Sufis Are Under Attack, The New York Times, 2005-08-21
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    See linked article
  6. [6]
    Motlak says decision to exclude him from elections indicates “there is no state”, Aswat Al Iraq, 2010-01-08
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