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Native name
  
أبو عبد

Other names
  
Abu Abed

Name
  
Saad Ghaffoori


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Born
  
1973 (age 41–42)
Baghdad

Known for
  
Sunni Awakening "Baghdad Awakening" - opposing al-Qaeda in Iraq

Saad al Obaidi Ghaffoori (Arabic: أبو عبد‎‎) (born 1973) is a Sunni Awakening leader from Ameriyah in Baghdad.

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Early life

Sa'ad was born in Baghdad in 1973 and worked as a military officer.

Iraq War

Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Abu Abed turned against al-Qaeda due to the often indiscriminate use of violence used by the terrorists, as well as the fact that Al-Qaeda terrorized Sunni citizens. Abu Abed was extremely good at routing out terrorists and al-Qaeda members from their strongholds. The U.S. Army began to employ his services, from the Knights of the Two Rivers (Forsain al Rafadain) which included thousands of Sons of Iraq and Sahwa loyalists, in order to counter the terrorist organizations operating in Baghdad. His courage earned the respect and accolades of American soldiers.

His rapidly growing popularity on both the Sunni and the Shi'ia street was perceived as a political threat to the predominantly-Shi'ia government in Baghdad, as well as entrenched Sunni politicians. Once al-Qaeda was no longer deemed a threat to the Maliki government, Abu Abed was forced into exile. Abu Abed is wanted by the Maliki government as well as al-Qaeda/ISIS operatives.

References

Saad Ghaffoori Wikipedia