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Chokri Belaïd
Chokri Belaïd (; 26 November 1964 – 6 February 2013), also transliterated as Shokri Belaïd, was a Tunisian politician and lawyer who was an opposition leader with the left-secular Democratic Patriots' Movement. Belaïd was a vocal critic of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Ben Ali regime prior to the 2011 Tunisian revolution and of the then Islamist-led Politics of Tunisia, Tunisian government. On 6 February 2013, he was fatally shot outside his house in El Menzah, close to the Tunisian capital, Tunis. As a result of his assassination, Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced his plan to dissolve the existing national government and to form a temporary "national unity" government. Early and personal life Belaïd was born in the town of Djebel Jelloud in Tunisia on 26 November 1964. He was a student activist in the 1980s. He worked as a lawyer and was also part of the defence team of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein during his Trial of Saddam Hussein, trial for cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djebel Jelloud
: ''For mountains or other uses, see: Jabal (other), Jabal.'' Djebel (1937–1958) was a French Thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse, who won 15 of 22 races during 1939–1942 including the Prix d'Essai, 2000 Guineas and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was later a leading sire in France and is responsible for the survival of the Byerley Turk sire line into the 21st century. Breeding Djebel was a bay stallion owned and bred by renowned horseman Marcel Boussac. He was sired by Tourbillon (horse), Tourbillon, who had won the Prix du Jockey Club, French Derby and the Prix Lupin, and went on to become a notable sire (horse), sire. Djebel's dam, Loika, was a minor winner by Gay Crusader and out of Coeur a Coeur. Gay Crusader was the 1917 Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, U.K. Triple Crown winner, and by the influential Bayardo (horse), Bayardo. Coeur a Coeur was by Teddy (horse), Teddy, whose grandsire was the 1899 English Triple Crown champion Flying Fox (horse), Flying Fox. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |