Fawzi Hariri

[1] For 24 years, Fawzi lived in London where he was active in Assyrian, Kurdish, and Iraqi politics.

He is a founding member of BNDP - Iraq, and a former member of the Assyrian National Congress (ANC) and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA).

Prior to that, he was a Senior Diplomat and Chief of Staff of Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2003-2005).

An attempt on his life in October 2006 killed three bodyguards and injured 11 others, though Mr. Hariri was not in the traveling convoy at the time of the explosions.

[2] The attack in Baghdad occurred in the Assyrian Quarter of Dora, where twin car bombs went off within minutes.