Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari

Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari
Barwari in 2009.
Native name	فاضل جليل البرواري
Born	1966 (age 55–56)
Place of birth	Dohuk, Iraq
Allegiance	Peshmerga (1980's-2003) Iraq (2003-present)
Service/branch	ISOF
Years of service	1980's - present
Rank	Maj. Gen.
Commands held	Counter Terrorism Bureau
Battles/wars	Iraq War First Battle of Fallujah 2004 Battle of Najaf 2004 Battle of Samarra Operation Sayeed Second Battle of Fallujah Diyala campaign Ninawa campaign Battle of Basra 2010 Baghdad church attack 2014 Anbar Campaign
Website	www.facebook.com/fadhilAlbarwary

Maj. General Fadhil Jamil al-Barwari is an Iraqi military commander and the head of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau.He joined the Iraqi Army in 2004 after the invasion. Then he started climbing the military ladder ever since he is now the Commander of the Iraq Special Operation Forces (ISOF) all trained by American advisers and equipped with American weaponry. In this capacity he has been directing Iraqi Special Forces in the 2014 Anbar campaign

He was born in 1966 in the Iraqi province of Dohuk, where it is mostly inhabited by Kurds. Since he was at a late teenage age he joined the force in the north known as the Peshmerga, Kurdish Forces that were against the Baathist regime and fought against the at then Iraqi Army until 1991. But Barwari was still with Peshmerga until 2004.

Sources/external links

• Facebook Page

See also

• Iraqi Security Forces
• Iraq War
• War on Terrorism