Following the Iraqi legislative election of December 2005 , he was nominated by the Iraqi National List to become a member of the Council of Representatives . On 26 January 2006 , he survived an assassination attempt , when a roadside bomb detonated close to his convoy near the town of Balad , killing three of his bodyguards . Heading a parliamentary committee to assess the humanitarian situation in Nineveh Governorate , he criticized the conduct of governor Duraid Kashmoula : " We have seen no trace of the huge sums of money said to have been appropriated for the province and could gather no idea on how they were spent . " In September 2006 al-Nujaifi 's bodyguard was assassinated . Later that month , al-Nujaifi sparked a walkout by the 55 MPSs of the Kurdistan Alliance when in a parliamentary speech he belittled the historical and current role of Kurds in Mosul area . His speech was seen chauvinist by the Kurds , urging even fellow members of the Iraqi National List to distance themselves from al-Nujaifi 's words . al-Nujaifi claimed in October 2008 that the 2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul were carried out by Kurdish peshmerga and intelligence operatives
2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
2008 attacks on Christians in Mosul
Osama al-Nujaifi