Abu Ghadiya Military person

Abu Ghadiya (Arabic: أبو غادية‎), born Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi (Arabic: بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي‎) sometime between 1977-1979 in Mosul, was a Sunni militant active with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). He was primarily involved in the logistics of AQI's effort in Iraq and assisted in smuggling weapons, money and fighters across the Syria-Iraq border. He was targeted and killed in a cross-border raid conducted by the U.S. military on October 26, 2008.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1978
Birth place
Mosul , Iraq
Date of deathOctober 26, 2008
Place of death
Al-Bukamal , Syria

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allegianceal-Qaeda
military operations
Iraqi insurgency (Iraq War)
military unit
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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