He is the self-appointed mayor of Suntot Town.
Some seven members of Mr. Chalabi's fighters have been injured in clashes with Americans, and leaders of the Iraqi National Congress are aware of the Americans' arrest on Sunday of Baghdad's self-appointed mayor, Muhammad al-Zubeidi.
A husky, sociable fellow who is the self-appointed mayor and unofficial historian of Elizabeth Street, he has lived on Elizabeth between Prince and Houston "since before the flood," as he puts it.
INTERNATIONAL A2-6, 14-15 Self-Appointed Mayor Arrested in Baghdad American forces arrested Baghdad's self-appointed mayor, Muhammad Mohsen Zobeidi, and seven of his top aides after warnings to stop acting as the city's chief administrator were ignored.
Also today, Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander of United States forces in Iraq, delivered a radio message declaring that the Baath party of Mr. Hussein had been dissolved, and military officials said the self-appointed mayor of Baghdad had been released from two weeks in American custody.
But Ayatollah Hakim refused to say whether American forces had granted the Badr Brigade the job of policing Najaf, which his now administered by a self-appointed mayor who is a retired Iraqi military officer.
The self-appointed mayor of Cukurcuma street is Erkal Aksoy, a local antiques dealer who specializes in kilims and Canakkale pots (19th-century water and honey jugs from the south of Turkey).
American forces today arrested Baghdad's self-appointed mayor, Muhammad Mohsen Zobeidi, bundling him and seven of his top aides into an Army Humvee after he defied warnings to stop acting as the city's chief administrator.
An article on Monday about developments in and around Iraq, including the arrest of Baghdad's self-appointed mayor, Muhammad Mohsen Zobeidi, misstated the British involvement with Iraq's royalty.