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Former Iraqi finance minister Rafie Al-Issawi attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 62 miles (100 kilometers) west of Baghdad, on March 1, 2013. (Reuters/Ali Al-Mashhadani)
![Exiled Sunni politician to be nominated as Iraq’s defense minister: source](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Rafie-Al-Issawi.jpg)
Former Iraqi finance minister Rafie Al-Issawi attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 62 miles (100 kilometers) west of Baghdad, on March 1, 2013. (Reuters/Ali Al-Mashhadani)