By Kevin McCauley
Sanitas International has signed on with Iraq’s Iraqiya List political party, which is the main opposition to the government of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The firm, according to its engagement letter, is to provide IL strategic communications, digital media and stakeholder engagement duties in the U.S.
The goal is to highlight its “accomplishments, commitment and vision relating to the security, stability and freedom of the Iraqi people and to improve its reputation among key target audiences.”
IL is a secular party headed by former prime minister Ayad Allawi.
Christopher Harvin, Sanitas co-founder, is a veteran of Levick Strategic Communications and former advance man for George W. Bush. He served on the PA team of ex-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and did a stint with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad.
In 2011, Sanitas began work for Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority under a subcontract inked with Democratic consultant Joe Trippi, who handled Howard Dean’s presidential bid.
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