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Abdel Karim Ensayef Al-Juburi is a US ally in Iraq. He is paid to stop the influx of young Iraqis in the ranks of the organization said to be headed by Osama Bin Laden. It appears he has 9 lives, or more, since he just survived the 9th attempt on his life in Kirkuk.
The head of an anti-Qaeda militia survived a truck bombing in Iraq's northern oil city of Kirkuk, the ninth assassination attempt against him, police said on Wednesday.A suicide bomber blocked the path of Abdel Karim Ensayef Al-Juburi's motorcade on Tuesday then blew up the explosives-rigged vehicle, Captain Hassan Al-Juburi told newswire AFP. But Al-Juburi and five bodyguards all escaped with only injuries. Alias Abu Seif Al-Kidawi, Juburi heads a 1,000-strong US-backed militia in one of the most strategic and dangerous districts of Iraq, the Al-Muntaka neighbourhood of Kirkuk where pipelines serving the province's oilfields meet. Oil infrastructure in the neighbourhood has been a repeated target for sabotage attempts by Sunni insurgents, particularly those loyal to Al-Qaeda. His militia is one of dozens around Iraq set up with the backing of the US military since 2006 to make common cause against Al-Qaeda. The great majority are manned by Sunni Arab tribesmen or former rebels. A colourful character with four wives and 19 children at the age of 39, Juburi was a businessman under executed president Saddam Hussein's regime before being jailed for smuggling. He was freed by US troops during the invasion of 2003.
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