Abu Ghadiya

Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi
(Arabic: بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي)
Nickname(s) Abu Ghadiya (Arabic: أبو غادية)
Born 1978
Mosul, Iraq
Died October 26, 2008 (aged 2930)
Abu Kamal, Syria
Allegiance al-Qaeda
Unit Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Battles/wars Iraqi insurgency

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.[1][2]

Role in Iraqi Insurgency

According to the United States Treasury Department, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi appointed Abu Ghadiya the lead Syrian commander for AQI's logistics in 2004. After Zarqawi's death, Ghadiya took orders from his successor, Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, either directly or through a deputy. Abu Ghadiya provided false passports, safe houses, weapons and money to militants on the Syrian side of the Iraqi border before the fighters would cross into Iraq.[3]

Death

Ghadiya was killed in a 2008 raid by US Special Operations inside Syrian territory.[4]

References

  1. Sale, Richard (2008-11-21). "Killing of al-Qaida Smuggler in Syria was Joint Syrian, U.S. Effort". Middle East Times. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  2. Naylor, Sean Killing Abu Ghadiya Foreign Policy. September 7, 2015
  3. "Treasury Designates Members of Abu Ghadiyah's Network Facilitates flow of terrorists, weapons, and money from Syria to al Qaida in Iraq" (Press release). U.S. Department of Treasury. 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
  4. Bowley, Graham (2008-10-31). "As if on Cue, Syrians Protest U.S. Incursion on Their Soil". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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