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monitor vehicle movements into and out of the province to prevent theft, which the court claimed was a fraud. He was arrested in
Lebanon in May 2019 on an Interpol request, although released after several days after Iraqi Kurdish officials intervened. In October, it was announced that the Supreme Anti-Corruption Council had referred his case to stand trial.
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in Kirkuk. Karim however stated he will not follow the dismissal order and will stay in office. The provincial council meanwhile condemned the decision of the parliament with council head Ribwar al-Talabani claiming only the council had the power to remove him. In
October 2017, Karim had to leave the
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until 2009, when he returned to Kirkuk. In addition to
Kurdish activism in the U.S., Karim was active in the Iraqi opposition aimed at removing the regime of Saddam Hussein. Dr. Karim co-founded the Kurdish National Congress of North America, established the Washington Kurdish Institute, worked with
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September 2017 in connection with the referendum. In the following May, the Kirkuk Court of Appeal issued a warrant for his arrest and an order to seize his assets. He was accused of corruption in connection with Project "Kirkuk Eagle", which aimed to wirelessly
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on 29 March 2011. He was sworn in as the governor on 3 April 2011. Dr. Karim was the head of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's Kirkuk list in the 2014 general elections where he drew enormous support across ethnic groups with over 150,000 votes. This led to the Kurdish dominance in provincial
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American citizenship, and prior to his return to Iraq lived in the United States with his wife and family, where he ran his medical practice. Karim was a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan until 16 October 2017, when he left the party.
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