In October 2007, he was nominated by the opposition Iraqi Accord Front to the Council of Representatives of Iraq, replacing Abd al-Nasir al-Janabi, who had resigned to join the insurgency.
Coach Anwar Jassam and the IFA chose to go ahead with their B team and 5 players from the A team, that included Basil and Ahmed Radhi.
After becoming joint leading scorer with nine goals alongside Ahmed Radhi and Hussein Saeed, he was called into Iraq’s World Cup squad by Brazilian coach Evaristo de Macedo.
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