Fadhil Jamil Barwari (1966 – 20 September 2018) was an Iraqi

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who served as the commander of the

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. Graduated from the Second Military College in Zakho, Barwari is known for his key role in retaking cities back that were previously controlled by

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during the War in Iraq 2013-2017.

History

Barwari was born in Duhok in 1966 to

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family from Zahko. Prior to joining the

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, a Kurdish resistance movement that opposed the Ba'athist government, he graduated from the Second Military College in Zahko. Barwari rejoined the Iraqi Army in 2004 after the U.S. invasion. He quickly rose through the ranks of the military ladder, becoming the

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of the

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(ISOF), an elite

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detachment trained by the United States Army's

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and equipped with American weaponry. In this capacity, he directed Iraqi special forces in the 2014 Anbar campaign. In November 2017, two former

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workers testified in an

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federal court that Barwari paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars to arrange an overpriced lease of land the general owned near the Baghdad airport, starting in 2011. Barwari died on 20 September 2018 from a heart attack.

References

Iraqi generals Year of birth uncertain 1966 births 2018 deaths People of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) Iraqi Kurdish people People from Duhok {{MEast-mil-bio-stub