Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi | |
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Nickname(s) | Abu Taqwa |
Born | 1980 Baghdad, Iraq |
Died | (aged 43) Baghdad, Iraq |
Cause of death | Drone strike |
Allegiance |
Sadrist Movement (until 2011) Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba |
Years of service | ?–2024 |
Rank | Commander |
Battles/wars |
War in Iraq (2013–2017) Operation Inherent Resolve Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) |
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi ( Arabic: مشتاق طالب السعيدي; 1980 – 4 January 2024), also known as Abu Taqwa, [1] was an Iraqi militant of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. [2] [3] He was also a senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces. [4]
Born in Baghdad in 1980, Al-Saeedi grew up in the neighborhood of Al-Kamaliyah in a poor family from the Diyala Governorate. [5] He was a member of the Sadrist Movement until his arrest by the Multi-National Force in 2011 and joined Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba upon his release. During the Second War in Iraq, he was a commander in Al Tarmia in the northern suburbs of Baghdad. He then reached an important apparatus with the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in the Baghdad Belts region. [6] [7] He was responsible for Hezbollah al-Nujaba’s attacks against American military bases in Iraq and Syria. [8]
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi was assassinated in a targeted U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on 4 January 2024, at the age of 43. [9] [8]