Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi

Major General Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi (Arabic: مبدر حاتم الدليمي) (January 2, 1951 – March 6, 2006) was an Iraqi army officer. While serving as the commander of all Iraqi Army forces in Baghdad, he was shot and killed by a sniper as he drove through western Baghdad, according to police sources.[1]

Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi
Native name
مبدر حاتم الدليمي
Born(1951-01-02)January 2, 1951
DiedMarch 6, 2006(2006-03-06) (aged 55)
Baghdad, Iraq
AllegianceIraq
Service/branchIraqi Army
RankMajor General
Commands held6th Division
Commander of all Iraqi Army Forces in Baghdad
Battles/warsIraq War
  Iraqi Civil War

As the commander of the 6th Division, among the first and biggest of Iraq's new army divisions formed by U.S. forces as part of their plans for eventual withdrawal, Dulaimi was among the most prominent officers in Iraq's security forces.[1]

His troops were on the front line of efforts for the two weeks before his death to prevent further sectarian bloodshed in the wake of the Al Askari Mosque bombing. Iraqi leaders were concerned that further violence between Iraq's minority Sunnis and majority Shia Muslims could spark civil war.[1]

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