Abboud Qanbar( ar, عبود قنبر), also known as Abu Haidar, is an

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. On January 13, 2007, he was appointed by Prime Minister

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as the Iraqi commander for the Baghdad Operations Command, which controlled all Iraqi security forces in Baghdad (sans Iraqi Special Operations Forces) and was charged with securing the capital. His Chief of Staff is Major General Hassan, and his Chief of Plans is Staff Colonel Abd Alamir. He hails from

Amarah Amarah ( ar, ٱلْعَمَارَة, al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River waterway south of Baghdad about 50 km (31 mi) from the border with Iran. It lies at the ...

, a city in Southern Iraq. Qanbar was a commander in the navy during

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's reign, and took part in the

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of 1980–88, and the war over Kuwait in 1990-91. In the latter, he commanded a garrison on the Kuwaiti island of

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, and was taken prisoner by U.S. Marines. He was a brigadier general in the navy during the

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. After being captured in Failaka, he was briefly transferred to Saudi Arabia before his release. Despite being captured by American forces, Qanbar was later decorated by Saddam for his bravery in defense of the island. After the war, Qanbar was posted in

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, but was excluded from new commands after he refused to stop the 1991 Shiite uprising. He was appointed by Iraqi

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to lead the 2007 Baghdad crackdown in February 2007, though he was considered a relatively unknown officer. Qanbar was a compromise choice after the U.S. military rejected Maliki's first choice, Mohan al-Freiji., CNN, January 13, 2007. Retrieved Google cache version February 13, 2007. Qanbar announced the details of the new security plan on live Iraqi television on February 13.

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