Jawad Rumi Daini
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Major General Jawad Rumi Daini (born ca. 1948) is a former general in the Iraqi Army
who currently lives in exile in Egypt
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Daini fought in the Iran-Iraq war, and served in the Iraqi Army under the Baathist government until he was forced into retirement in July 1990 after it was discovered that his brother was a member of the Badr Brigade. After the invasion he was faced with the problem of whether to join the Iraqi Army or the Iraqi insurgency. Eventually he was asked to join the new Iraqi Army and was enlisted in January 2004. Under his command he established the 2nd Brigade of the 6th Division
.
He was eventually forced into retirement following three major events. He was one of the two Iraqi commanders overseeing the Al-Aaimmah bridge
when the 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede occurred. During the subsequent investigation numerous conflicting testimonies where heard over who was responsible for the stampede. Eventually both men where cleared of all charges. The second major event leading to his retirement was a raid at a police station in Jadriya
. Following a tip off that a kidnapped boy was being detained at the station US and Iraqi forces raided the police station, finding hundreds of malnourished prisoners being kept in cramped conditions. Daini was criticized by the Iraqi Army for not tipping them off about the raid. Tensions between Daini and the political establishment continued to grow until reaching a boiling point in June 2006 when Daini's soldiers arrested a Mahdi Army
death squad
. Daini refused to release the men following several requests by phone from the new Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. On July 2 the Cabinet decided to release him from the army.
Following his forced retirement his son Haidar was abducted and murdered, with his body being discovered in a neighborhood controlled by the Mahdi Army
. As a result of this and continued threats Daini and his wife and two daughters fled to Egypt
.
Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....
who currently lives in exile in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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Daini fought in the Iran-Iraq war, and served in the Iraqi Army under the Baathist government until he was forced into retirement in July 1990 after it was discovered that his brother was a member of the Badr Brigade. After the invasion he was faced with the problem of whether to join the Iraqi Army or the Iraqi insurgency. Eventually he was asked to join the new Iraqi Army and was enlisted in January 2004. Under his command he established the 2nd Brigade of the 6th Division
6th Division (Iraq)
The 6th Division is a formation of the Iraqi Army, first formed after 1959, converted to armoured status by 1973, but disbanded in 2003. It was reformed as part of the new army in August 2005....
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He was eventually forced into retirement following three major events. He was one of the two Iraqi commanders overseeing the Al-Aaimmah bridge
Al-Aaimmah bridge
The Al-Aaimmah bridge is a bridge over the river Tigris in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The bridge links the areas of Adhamiya, which is a majority Sunni Arab area, from its East bank with the Shia area of Kadhimiya on its west....
when the 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede occurred. During the subsequent investigation numerous conflicting testimonies where heard over who was responsible for the stampede. Eventually both men where cleared of all charges. The second major event leading to his retirement was a raid at a police station in Jadriya
Al-Jadriya
Al-Jadriya is a neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq along the Tigris river. Al-Jadriya shares a significant but comparatively smaller part of the peninsula with Karrada. Al-Jadriya lies at the south tip of the peninsula where Tigris river makes its major turn and heads to the north-east. Its...
. Following a tip off that a kidnapped boy was being detained at the station US and Iraqi forces raided the police station, finding hundreds of malnourished prisoners being kept in cramped conditions. Daini was criticized by the Iraqi Army for not tipping them off about the raid. Tensions between Daini and the political establishment continued to grow until reaching a boiling point in June 2006 when Daini's soldiers arrested a Mahdi Army
Mahdi Army
The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia or Jaish al-Mahdi , was an Iraqi paramilitary force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003....
death squad
Death squad
A death squad is an armed military, police, insurgent, or terrorist squad that conducts extrajudicial killings, assassinations, and forced disappearances of persons as part of a war, insurgency or terror campaign...
. Daini refused to release the men following several requests by phone from the new Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. On July 2 the Cabinet decided to release him from the army.
Following his forced retirement his son Haidar was abducted and murdered, with his body being discovered in a neighborhood controlled by the Mahdi Army
Mahdi Army
The Mahdi Army, also known as the Mahdi Militia or Jaish al-Mahdi , was an Iraqi paramilitary force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003....
. As a result of this and continued threats Daini and his wife and two daughters fled to Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
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