Fadhil Barwari

Fadhil Jamil Barwari (1966 – 20 September 2018) was an Iraqi general who served as the commander of the Special Forces of Iraq.[1] Graduated from the Second Military College in Zakho, Barwari is known for his key role in retaking cities back that were previously controlled by Islamic state during the War in Iraq 2013-2017.

Fadhil Jamil Barwari
Barwari in 2009
Native name
فاضل جميل برواري
Born1966 (1966)
Dohuk, Iraq
Died20 September 2018 (aged 51–52)
Iraq
Buried
Dohuk
AllegianceKurdistan Region Peshmerga (1980s–2003)
 Iraq (2003–2018)
Service/branch ISOF
Years of service1980s–2018
RankMajor General
UnitCommander of Iraqi Special Operations Forces 1st Brigade (ISOF-1)
Commands held Counter Terrorism Bureau
Known forRetaking Cities from The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
Battles/warsIraq War

History

Barwari was born in Duhok in 1966 to Kurdish family from Zahko.[2] Prior to joining the Peshmerga, a Kurdish resistance movement that opposed the Ba'athist government, he graduated from the Second Military College in Zahko.

Barwari started out as a Lieutenant in 1994, 1st Lieutenant in 1996, Captain in 1998 and Major in 2000 in the Peshmerga. In the new Iraqi Army he became a Lieutenant Colonel in 2004, Colonel in 2006, Brigadier General in 2007 and Finally Major General in 2008.

He was also the Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion Commander from 2003-2007 until it was incorporated into the CTS (Counter Terrorism Service).

Barwari rejoined the Iraqi Army in 2003 after the U.S. 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 directed Iraqi special forces in the 2014 Anbar campaign.[3]

In November 2017, two former DynCorp workers testified in an Alexandria, Virginia 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.[4]

In August 2014 he led the Iraqi Special Forces in the Mosul Dam offensive which saw Mosul Dam retaken by a joint Iraqi-Kurdish offensive.

Barwari died on 20 September 2018 from a heart attack.[5][1]

See also

References
  1. Witty, David M. (25 September 2018). "Remembering MG Fadhil Barwari - ISOF Cdr". SOF News. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. Shanker, Thom (20 February 2006). "Elite Iraqi Unit Seeks Footing as It Fills U.S. Boots". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. Berwani, Hawar (5 January 2014). "Al-Qaeda leader killed with 31 other al-Qaeda elements in Anbar – MG Fadhil Barwari". Iraqi News. Baghdad. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. Weiner, Rachel (28 November 2017). "Iraqi general helped cheat US government, contractors involved in scheme say". Stripes.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. "الموت يغيب قائد الفرقة الذهبية فاضل برواري". Rudaw.net (in Arabic). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.


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