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Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi

Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi

Iraqi militant commander (1980–2024)

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]

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Biography

Born in Baghdad in 1980, Al-Saeedi grew up in the neighborhood of Al-Kamaliyah [ar] 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]

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    "Airstrike in Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader Abu Taqwa amid escalating regional tensions". CBS News. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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    Cloris, Julie; Wernert, Marie-Laurence (5 January 2024). "Guerre Israël-Hamas : Tsahal poursuit ses opérations à Khan Younès". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    "Un chef et un membre d'une faction pro-iranienne tués à Bagdad par une frappe américaine". TV5Monde (in French). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    "أول صورة لقيادي النجباء القتيل في بغداد.. ولحظة استهدافه". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    al-Akhir, Jumala (4 January 2024). "مَن أبو تقوى الذي قُتل بضربة أميركية في بغداد؟". Asharq Al-Awsat (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    "سقوط نائب قائد عمليات الحشد الشعبي بقصف أميركي في بغداد". Asharq News (in Arabic). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    "Un chef et un membre d'une faction pro-iranienne tués à Bagdad par une frappe américaine". L'Express (in French). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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    "Who was 'Abu Taqwa', the Iraqi militia head assassinated by the US?". The New Arab. 5 January 2024.
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    "البنتاغون يؤكد مقتل قيادي في "النجباء" بضربة أميركية في العراق". Alhurra (in Arabic). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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