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Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah (died November 1, 2004) was the deputy governor of Iraq's Baghdad Governorate.

Hatem Kamil was assassinated by gunmen at 7.47am in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, in the southern district of Dura, while on his way to work. Two of his bodyguards were wounded in the attack. At the time of his death he had two children, a two-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son.

Hatem Kamil served as the Iraqi government's negotiator in Fallujah and had challenged claims that the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was actually in the region. "We want to know what evidence there is of Zarqawi's presence in Fallujah," he said in an interview with Al Jazeera television, prior to his assassination. "Zarqawi has become like Iraqi WMD ... We hear this name, but it doesn't exist. More than 15 to 20 houses were destroyed in Fallujah because they were accused of harboring Zarqawi or Zarqawi's followers."

References

1. Cordon, Gavin; Gammell, Caroline; Pilling, Kim (2004-11-01). "Baghdad deputy governor shot dead". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
2. "Top Baghdad official shot dead". BBC News. 1 November 2004. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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5. Agencies (2004-10-14). "Five dead in Baghdad green zone blasts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

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