Shites Pick Jaafari For Prime Minister Candidate
 
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,148303,00.html
 
Jaafari top candidate for Iraqi PM
http://www.jordantimes.com/wed/news/news3.htm
 
Iraq's Likely Next Leader Blends Islamic Fervor With Caution (Al-Jaafari's real family name is Al Shaygar.)
 
"Al-Jaafari was born in Karbala, a holy city for Shiites, in 1947, and joined the Dawa party in 1968 while he was a student. He graduated from Mosul University in 1974 with a medical degree and became one of the party's major activists in northern Iraq. But in 1980, during a Baathist purge, he escaped to Iran, where for the sake of secrecy he stopped using the family name of Al Shaygar and adopted al-Jaafari instead. Nevertheless, two of his brothers were executed in Iraq, Kadhimi said."
"In 1989, al-Jaafari relocated to London, where he headed the Dawa party branch. In 2003, he returned to Iraq, joined the Governing Council and, in the summer of 2004, became one of two deputy presidents."

"Although a longtime exile, his recent work has raised his profile inside Iraq, and several polls have shown him as ranking as the most popular politician in the country.
 

FULL STORY at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002187571_jaafari23.html