Aminedi is a fictional character

Fictional character

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, a mutant

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 in the Marvel Comics

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 Universe. His first appearance was in New Mutants Annual

New Mutants

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#7.

Fictional character biography

Aminedi is part of the Iraqi mercenary team called Desert Sword

Desert Sword

The Desert Sword is a fictional human/mutant team in the Marvel Comics Universe. Their first appearance was in New Mutants Annual #7.-Fictional biography:...

. Freedom Force

Freedom Force (comics)

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, led by Crimson Commando

Crimson Commando

Crimson Commando is a fictional character, a mutant in the . He first appears in Uncanny X-Men #215 and was created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis.-Fictional character biography:...

, travels to the Middle East on a mission and ends up in a confrontation with Desert Sword. Aminedi decapitates Super Sabre

Super Sabre (comics)

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 and cuts off the Commado's right arm. Desert Sword loses team member Veil

Veil (comics)

-Desert Sword:Veil was part of the Iraqi mercenary team called Desert Sword when they fought Freedom Force, led by Crimson Commando. Desert Sword was to prevent Freedom Force from liberating a German scientist named Reinhold Kurtzmann in Kuwait. Desert Sword ambushed them and Aminedi decapitated...

 and the scientist Kurtzmann, both of whom are killed by Pyro

Pyro (comics)

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. Sirocco

Sirocco (comics)

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 and Aminedi trap Avalanche

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 and Commando in a mine field and as Commando's condition worsens Avalanche traps the two under a pile of rock, though they later escaped.

Blob

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 and Pyro were later captured by Desert Sword. Freedom Force's devastating failure soon led to the team's abandonment.

At an unknown point Aminedi contracts the Legacy Virus

Legacy Virus

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, and dies from it.

Powers and abilities

Aminedi can transform his physical body into a mass of sentient airborne particles, making him invisible and intangible while moving at superhuman speeds and striking as a razor cutting wind that can slice through solid materials. This wind was incredibly sharp, even able to cut through the Blob's nearly impenetrable skin.