Salama al-Khufaji was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council,[1][2][3] created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. She was appointed on 8 December 2003 to hold the seat formerly held by Aquila al-Hashimi, who was assassinated in September 2003.[4] A Shia Muslim, al-Khufaji was a professor of dentistry at Baghdad University.[4]

In May 2004 she survived an assassination attempt, which occurred when the car in which she was traveling was ambushed and her teenage son was killed.[5] Several bodyguards were also killed. Since then she has survived two additional assassination attempts, one later in 2004 and one in January 2005. She was a candidate in the Iraqi elections of 2005.

References

  1. ↑ "Prison-Abuse Scandal Undermines Iraqi Moderates". Fox News Channel. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Sisk, Richard (18 May 2004). "TOP IRAQI POL KILLED NEAR AMERICAN HQ". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Halpern, Orly (28 May 2004). "Sadr standoff comes to an end". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  4. 1 2 Ciezadlo, Annia (17 December 2003). "Iraqi women raise voices - for quotas". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Iraqi council member's son killed". Dawn. 27 May 2004. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2010.


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