Fadhil Barwari
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Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari | |
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 Barwari in 2009 | |
| Native name | فاضل جليل البرواري |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Dohuk, Iraq |
| Allegiance |  Peshmerga (1980s–2003) Iraq (2003–present) |
| Service/ |  ISOF |
| Years of service | 1980s – present |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held |  Counter Terrorism Bureau |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
Major General Fadhil Jamil al-Barwari (born 1966) is an Iraqi military commander and the head of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau. He joined the Iraqi Army in 2004 after the invasion. He quickly rose through the ranks of the military ladder, becoming the commanding officer of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), an elite special forces detachment trained by the United States Army's Special Forces and equipped with American weaponry. In this capacity he has been directing Iraqi special forces in the 2014 Anbar campaign.[1]
He is a Kurd[2] and was born in 1966 in the Iraqi province of Dohuk, an area primarily inhabited by Kurds. In his late teens, he joined the Peshmerga, a Kurdish resistance movement that opposed the Ba'athist government. Prior to joining the Iraqi Army in 2004, he was still in the Peshmerga.
See also
References
- ^ "Al-Qaeda leader killed with 31 other al-Qaeda elements in Anbar – MG Fadhil Barwari". Iraqi News. Baghdad. 5 January 2014.
- ^ Shanker, Thom (20 February 2006). "Elite Iraqi Unit Seeks Footing as It Fills U.S. Boots". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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