Lt. General Mahdi Sabeh Al-Gharrawi is an Iraqi police officer, the former Commander of the Iraqi Federal Police in Nineveh Province, and Lieutenant General of Iraqi Army.
Mahdi Al-Gharrawi | |
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 Gharrawi in 2010 | |
| Native name | مهدي صبيح آل الغراوي |
| Allegiance |  Iraq |
| Service |  Iraqi Federal Police Iraqi Ground Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | Ninewa Province Command 3rd Division |
| Battles / wars | |
Gharawi, along with several other military leaders, was dismissed from his position by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on 17 June 2014 for failing in his "professional and military duty". His dismissal came a week after the fall of much of Northern Iraq to anti-government forces in the 2014 Northern Iraq offensive.[1] He was sentenced to death by firing squad by a military tribunal.[2]
After serving two years in prison, Gharawi was released on 1 August 2020.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ "Iraqi PM Maliki fires senior security commanders". Al Arabiya. 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Iraqi general responsible for losing Mosul has been sentenced to death". 4 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "الإفراج عن الغراوي بعد قضاء محكوميته في قضية سقوط الموصل" [Gharawi released after serving his sentence in Mosul case] (in Arabic). 1 August 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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