Battles/wars Iraqi insurgency Name Abu Ghadiya | Allegiance al-Qaeda | |
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Nickname(s) Abu Ghadiya (Arabic: أبو غادية) Unit Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn | ||
Battles and 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.
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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.
Death
Ghadiya was killed in a 2008 raid by US Special Operations inside Syrian territory.