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== Personal life ==
Allawi allegedly has faced several [[assassination]] attempts in England and throughout the Middle- East, purportedly by agents of Saddam's regime.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3757923.stm Profile: Iyad Allawi</ref>
 
According to [[Mossack Fonseca]] documents that came to light in the [[Panama Papers]] release by the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] in 2016, Allawi had Mossack Fonseca supply a [[nominee director]] to stand in for him and shield his ownership of the Panama-registered company IMF Holdings. This company was dissolved in 2013; it had owned a $1.5 million house near London. A second offshore, Moonlight Estates, registered in the [[British Virgin Islands]], also held a property in London on his behalf. His media contact confirmed his sole ownership of the two companies and of Foxwood Estates as well, saying IMF was set up to own [[real estate]] for security reasons based on legal advice following an assassination attempt, and added that any [[income]] from the properties was reported, and taxes paid "promptly and on time."<ref name=ForbesAllawi>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2016/04/04/panama-papers-the-middle-east-players/#5d4a6f2cd2e7 |title=Panama Papers: The Middle East Players |date=April 4, 2016 |author=Dominic Dudley |work=Forbes |accessdate=May 14, 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512225828/http://www.forbes.com/sites/dominicdudley/2016/04/04/panama-papers-the-middle-east-players/#5d4a6f2cd2e7 |archivedate=May 12, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>