Ali Ghaidan Majid
Ali Ghaidan Majid | |
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Born | c. 1950 Balad Ruz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq |
Allegiance | Iraq |
Service/ | Iraqi Ground Forces |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | Commander of all Iraqi Army Ground Forces under Iraqi control |
Battles/wars | Gulf War |
Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid (born 1950/1951) was the commander of the Iraqi Army between 2006 and September 2014.He is from the Balad Ruz area of Diyala province, Iraq. He served in the Iraqi Army during the regime of Saddam Hussein, but like a number of other generals, was imprisoned by Saddam following the Gulf War.
Sources/external links[]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/world/middleeast/15embed.html
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/world/middleeast/14iraq.html
See also[]
- Iraqi security forces
- Iraq War
- War on Terrorism
Categories:
- Iraqi generals
- Living people
- Middle Eastern military personnel stubs
- Iraqi people stubs