Mr Dulaimi was only one of several prominent Sunnis to be murdered during the election campaign.

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She was on her way back from the residence of Adnan al Dulaimi He's a leading Sunni politician.

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Carroll was kidnapped Jan. 7 in Baghdad's western Adil neighborhood while going to interview Sunni Arab politician Adnan al-Dulaimi.

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Hussein defense attorney Khalil al-Dulaimi has insisted the team will not participate in the trial until a solution to protect its members is found.

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Although the Americans emphasised that Mr Dulaimi was not himself implicated in the plot, Sadrist deputies lost little time in accusing Sunni politicians of having links to terrorists.

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Adnan al-Dulaimi, a lawmaker whose party is part of the biggest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, said his backers are for an agreement in principle, but they have "major reservations" about the current agreement.

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According to the American army, the bodyguard of Adnan al-Dulaimi, a prominent Sunni politician, was arrested just before he could carry out a series of bomb attacks in the heavily fortified Green Zone, where parliament and much of the Iraqi cabinet is located.

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Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulaimi.

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