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Hisham al-Hashimi

Hisham al-Hashimi (Arabic: هشام الهاشمي; 9 May 1973 – 6 July 2020) was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic State and its supporters.[2][3][4][5] He also was an advisor to the Iraqi government on counter-terrorism.[6]

Hisham al-Hashimi
هشام الهاشمي
al-Hashimi in 2020
Born(1973-05-09)9 May 1973
Baghdad, Ba'athist Iraq
Died6 July 2020(2020-07-06) (aged 47)
Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of deathGunshot wounds[1]
Resting placeWadi-us-Salaam, Al-Najaf, Iraq
EducationUniversity of Baghdad
Occupation(s)Historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs

Biography

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Al-Hashimi was born in 1973 in Baghdad. He became a historian[7] and researcher[8] in security[9] and strategic affairs.[10][11][12] He was a follower of the Iraqi Islamic groups since 1997.[13] He worked in the field of modern and "jurisprudential" manuscripts, although his academic achievement was Bachelor of Economics and Administration - Statistics Department. He held a scientific degree in Hadith, and had an interest in the history of Al-Dhahabi.[14] He was arrested and sentenced to prison by Saddam Hussein's regime, due to his affiliation with Salafi jihadism, then he was released from prison in 2002.[15] After 2003, he went to work in the press, began writing reports and documents with foreign newspapers and channels, and began writing a blog about the map of armed groups in Iraq.[16][17][18][19][20] He published more than 500 articles and research in Iraqi and Arab newspapers and magazines about extremist groups.[21][22][23] On 1 July 2020, he published a report titled "The internal dispute within the Popular Mobilization Forces", his last work before his assassination.[24]

Assassination

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On 6 July 2020, al-Hashimi was shot outside his home in Zayouna, Baghdad by two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle.[25][26] He died in the nearby Ibn Al-Nafees hospital shortly after arrival.[27] In July 2020, a BBC investigation said Kata'ib Hezbollah was implicated in al-Hashimi's death.[28]

He was buried at Wadi-us-Salaam, Al-Najaf, Iraq.[29]

Aftermath

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Al-Hashimi's death triggered an uproar in Iraq and among the larger international community,[30][31][32] leading to allegations accusing paramilitary groups such as Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Islamic State,[1] while the official investigation has not accused any group, and no group claimed responsibility. However, Al-Hashimi had reportedly received direct death and kidnapping threats from members and commanders within Kata'ib Hezbollah and the Popular Mobilization Forces.[33][34]

In July 2021, four men were arrested including former police officer Ahmed Hamdawi Owayid al-Kinani who confessed that he assassinated al-Hashimi with a licensed gun, as he had previously worked in the Ministry of Interior.[35] In May 2023, a court in Baghdad sentenced al-Kinani to death for the murder of al-Hashimi.[36][37] Al-Kinani's conviction was later overturned by an appeals court and he was released in 2024; it is unknown what the grounds for acquittal were.[38]

Places of work

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  • Director of the National Security and Counterterrorism Program at the AKD Center for Strategic Studies and Research.
  • Security Adviser to the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Baghdad Conference on Combating Terrorism.
  • Lecturer in combating terrorism in security academies.
  • Visiting Scholar at the Rivers Center for Strategic Studies.
  • Member of the team of advisors of the Committee for the Implementation and Follow-up of National Reconciliation in the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq.
  • Security Adviser to the Iraqi Journalistic Freedoms Observatory.

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b Salim, Mustafa; Loveluck, Louisa (6 July 2020). "Leading Iraqi researcher assassinated outside his house in Baghdad". Washington Post.
  2. ^ "IS and al-Qaeda 'will unite': expert". News.com.au.
  3. ^ Corporation, Nalia. "خبير أمني يكشف تفاصيل إلقاء القبض على 5 من أبرز قيادات داعش". Nrttv.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ "الهاشمي يفجرها: نسبة المشاركة في الانتخابات لم تتجاوز الـ20%". Aynaliraqnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ^ "هشام الهاشمي : خمسين في المئة من الذين يحق لهم التصويت قاطعوا الانتخابات - SHARQIYA TELEVISION". Alsharqiya.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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  13. ^ "ISIS Replace Injured Leader Baghdadi With Former Physics Teacher". Newsweek.com. 22 April 2015.
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  16. ^ "هشام الهاشمي: القوات السورية تمكنت من تحرير الخط الحدودي فى "البوكمال"". Aman-doctor.org.
  17. ^ "هشام الهاشمي : غياب للامن في مناطق جنوب غربي كركوك - عواجل برس". Awajelpress.com.
  18. ^ "عملية "تكسير جمجمة داعش" تعيد الحديث عن مصير البغدادي". Skynewsarabia.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  19. ^ "هشام الهاشمي….. ‏تقارير مقلقة عن تعطل الكثير من الأجهزة. كاميرات المحطات الفضائية في بغداد والمحافظات، بما فيها إقليم كردستان، ترصد طوابير طويلة من العسكريين في مداخل مراكز الاقتراع، وعند السؤال عن السبب، يقال إن "السيستم متوقف". – وكالة انباء عراقيون". Iraqyoon.net. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  20. ^ "الخبير الاستراتيجي هشام الهاشمي لـ(دجلة): تغريدة الصدر دعوة من قبله للكتل لتشكيل الحكومة القادمة". Dijlah.tv. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  21. ^ "Hisham al Hashimi " Daech contrôle entre 5 et 7 millions de personnes "". Humanite.fr. 16 September 2015.
  22. ^ Hisham al-Hashimi. "Revealed: the Islamic State 'cabinet', from finance minister to suicide bomb deployer". Telegraph.co.uk.
  23. ^ "نقاش عميق في الحلقة الثانية من "حوار رمضاني" بشأن تشخيص ومعالجة الفساد في الدولة". Alghadpress.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  24. ^ "الخلاف الداخلي بهيئة الحشد.. هذه آخر دراسة للهاشمي قبل اغتياله". Al Arabiya (in Arabic). 7 July 2020.
  25. ^ "Iraqi analyst Hisham Al-Hashimi killed in Baghdad after pro-Iran "Hizb-allah" militia threats". Arab News. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  26. ^ "Gunmen kill prominent Iraqi analyst and advisor - officials". Reuters. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020.
  27. ^ Karadsheh, Jomana; Damon, Arwa; Alkhshali, Hamdi; Najim, Aqeel (6 July 2020). "Prominent researcher of jihadi groups shot dead in Baghdad". Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  28. ^ "Who's behind the recent killings in Iraq?". BBC News.
  29. ^ "دفن جثمان الخبير الامني "هشام الهاشمي" في النجف". alrassid.org (in Arabic). 7 July 2020.
  30. ^ "US condemns killing of Iraqi expert Husham Al Hashimi". The National. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
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  32. ^ "UNIraq SRSG Hennis-Plasschaert: shocked by assassination of Dr. Hisham al-Hashimi". Twitter. UNAMI. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
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  35. ^ "Iraq's PM says killers of activist Hisham Al Hashimi have been arrested". The National News. 16 July 2021.
  36. ^ "Iraq court sentences to death killer of academic Hisham al-Hashemi". France 24. 7 May 2023.
  37. ^ "Iraq court issues death sentence to al-Hashimi's killer". Al Jazeera. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  38. ^ "Man convicted in killing of Iraqi analyst who criticized militias is acquitted and released". The Associated Press. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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