Ali al-Shemari
Ali al-Shemari is an Iraqi politician from the Sadrist Movement who was the Health Minister of Iraq from April 2006 until May 2007.
Al-Shemari's deputy, Hakim al-Zamili, and his security chief, Hameed al-Shemari, were arrested and tried in 2007 on claims they ran a death squad that attacked Sunni Arabs patients and visitors in Health Ministry hospitals. They were cleared of all charges when key witnesses failed to show up after facing alleged intimidation. [1]
While Health Minister he estimated that between the March 2003 invasion of Iraq and November 2006 between 100,000 and 150,000 people had been killed.[2]
References
- ^ Iraq's Sadrists demand U.S. release former minister, Washington Post, 2008-03-04, accessed on 2008-03-04
- ^ "Iraqi death toll estimates go as high as 150,000". Taipei Times. Nov 11, 2006.
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