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Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655171,00.html
One Candidate to Replace Iraq's PM Visited Israel in 2004
[TIME] Khalid Mohammed - One of the most unusual figures in Iraqi politics is Mithal Alussi. He is Sunni - a major handicap in the Prime Ministerial stakes - but is widely viewed as secular and independent. He earned the wrath of Sunni insurgent groups when he visited Israel in the fall of 2004. There have been several attempts to assassinate him; his two sons were killed in one such attack. His Democratic Party of the Iraqi Nation is tiny, but Alussi has a high profile because of his frequent appearance on TV news shows, where he rails against sectarianism and government corruption. This has earned him the respect of many Iraqis.