Daggers Drawn in Maliki’s Office

"There are two strongmen in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s office: “Abu Mujahid” and Tariq Najm al-Abdullah. Both are Da’awa Party insiders who were played out of the power dynamics of that party in the 1980s and 1990s, and were left without powerful patrons. That’s why Maliki picked them to run his office in 2005. Abu Mujahid (real name: Gati’ Njeiman al-Rikabi) used to live in Syria (where Maliki was based) and later found refuge in Australia, while al-Abdullah came from Da’awa’s London scene (same as his other ally in the office Sadiq al-Rikabi).

Now it seems that there is a power struggle going on that can have serious consequences for Maliki."
Talisman Gate