Iraqi Homeland Party
Established in Syria in 1995 by Mish'an al-Juburi. Saddam Hussein's son-in-law Husayn Kamil reportedly was involved in the plans to establish this party, Radio Monte Carlo reported in November 1995. Kamil instead returned to Iraq from asylum in Jordan, where he was promptly executed by the regime. Al-Jaburi did not have strong relations with the Iraqi opposition, except for the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
Al-Jaburi participated in the London opposition conference in 2002, however, and subsequently took a place on the opposition's Follow-Up and Coordination Committee. Al-Jaburi told London's "Al-Hayat" in a February 2004 interview that he favored national elections but preferred they be held after a census or be based on UN ration cards. "We believe we need to make sure that no party or ethnic group has a majority in Iraq," he said. "The situation will become extremely dangerous in Iraq if a political group or sect is allowed to impose a fait accompli to achieve a majority."
Regarding Ba'athists, al-Jaburi called on the judiciary to reexamine the issue and said that Sunnis would not participate in national elections if the issue remained unresolved. In November 2003, he blamed CPA head L. Paul Bremer for the unstable security situation in Iraq because Bremer dissolved the security services.
Al-Juburi was alternatively billed in the media as the "coalition-appointed" and "self-appointed" governor of Mosul in the weeks following the toppling of the Hussein regime. The party publishes the weekly "Al-Ittijah al-Akhar."
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