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Place of Birth: Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq
About Adnan al-Zurufi
- Adnan al-Zurufi was deployed to Iraq in April 2003 as a team member of Iraq Reconstruction and Development Council (IRDC), a US DoD financed group led by Emad Dhia.
- Later, he was appointed by Paul Bremer, the CPA Administrator as governor of Najaf Governorate appointed May 2004.
- He accused Muqtada al Sadr of constantly violating his agreements to disband the Mahdi Army. As a result of his willingness to work with the Iraqi government and the coalition he and his family were targeted by insurgents and militias.
- His uncle was killed in April 2004, and his brother was kidnapped in Kufra on 1 December 2005, just prior to the 2009 governorate elections, in which Zurufi was running.A member of the Bani Hassan tribe, al-Zurufi earned a degree in Islamic law at Alfik College, the Islamic jurisprudence college, in Najaf.
- He was a sports hero as a youth, and also captain of the cheer leading team.
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