Farhan Jubouri
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Farhan Mutlaq Saleh al-Jubouri (Arabic: فرحان مطلك صالح الجبوري) was an Iraqi intelligence officer who served as the head of General Military Intelligence in northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign.[1] He was born in the 1940s.
Military career[]
He served as Head of General Military Intelligence in northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign[1] which Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom officially recognize as genocide.[2] He attained the rank of Maj. General.[3]
Iraqi Special Tribunal[]
Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq Jubouri was charged by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the al-Anfal campaign. According to writing in The Washington Post on 29 January 2007, Jubouri is rerecorded as saying "People hear that Fahran al-Jubouri ordered executions, that villages were destroyed and that he was behind mass graves. My reputation is ruined. I am innocent of all charges against me".[4] The trial concluded on 24 March 2007, with Jubouri being found guilty and given a life sentence. He appealed his sentence, although it was confirmed in a subsequent verdict.[1]
Jubouri was a defence witness for Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali".[4]
Death[]
Jubouri died in in Baghdad on 26[3] or 28 March 2013 at the age of 67. He had been suffering from a chronic illness. He was buried on 1 April in his hometown of Qayyarah in Nineveh Governorate.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "British Parliament officially recognizes 'Kurdish Genocide'". Hurriyet Daily News. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ^ a b "Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief. April 1, 2013". Ekurd.net. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b "'Chemical Ali' Claims Iraqi Immunity". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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