|
Iyad Khalil Zaki
Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic language, Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi Army General. A career Combat engineering officer, he later served as the Governor of Muthanna Province after retiring from military service. Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad. He served as the Iraqi field commander during the Al-Anfal Campaign, second Anfal Campaign. By 1990 Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army. By 1991 Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics. In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected. Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province. Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan He died on the 22 August 2013. Command and Staff positions held * Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57 * Pioneers and Sap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction), Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region, Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup (later referred to as the 17 July Revolution) that brought the party to power in Iraq. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time when many groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government, Saddam created security forces through which he tightly controlled conflicts between the government and the armed forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam nationalised the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
