Donald Henry Rumsfeld was an American politician,government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford,and again from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He was both the youngest and the oldest secretary of defense. Additionally,Rumsfeld was a four-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963–1969),director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969–1970),counselor to the president (1969–1973),the U.S. Representative to NATO (1973–1974),and the White House Chief of Staff (1974–1975). Between his terms as secretary of defense,he served as the CEO and chairman of several companies.
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri was an Iraqi politician and army field marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council until the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and was regarded as the closest advisor and deputy under President Saddam Hussein. He led the Iraqi insurgent group Naqshbandi Army.
Martin “Marty”Edward Dempsey,is a retired United States Army general who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2011 until September 25,2015,his ceremonial last day (de facto);in actuality,his last day was September 30,2015 (de jure). He previously served as the 37th chief of Staff of the Army from April 11,2011,to September 7,2011. Before that,he served as Commanding General,U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command,from December 8,2008,to April 11,2011,as Acting Commander,U.S. Central Command,from March 24,2008,to October 30,2008,as Deputy Commander,U.S. Central Command,from August 2007 to March 23,2008,and as Commanding General,Multi-National Security Transition Command –Iraq (MNSTC-I),from August 2005 to August 2007. Dempsey assumed his assignment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1,2011 and stepped down from the Chairmanship on September 25,2015. He has served as a professor at Duke University and as chairman of USA Basketball.
Mahmoud Ali Othman was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A Kurd and Sunni Muslim,Othman was a member of the Political Bureau Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). He then founded the Kurdish Socialist Party. He was also the Chief Negotiator in the 1970 agreement with the Baath Party. He is now a leading member of the Iraqi National Assembly.
Generałbroni Edward Pietrzyk was a Polish military officer,diplomat and general in the Polish Army. He was commander-in-chief of the Polish Land Forces.
Asharq Al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. A pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press,the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup,Baron Stirrup,,informally known as Jock Stirrup,is a former senior Royal Air Force commander who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until his retirement in late 2010. He is now a Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In April 2013,he was appointed a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth II.
Walter John Natynczyk,is a Canadian public servant and retired Canadian Army general who has served as Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs from 2014 to 2021. He was the President of the Canadian Space Agency from 2013 to 2014 and Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Armed Forces from 2008 to 2012.
Othman Saat was a Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),and later,Spirit of 46 Malay Party (S46),who served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Johor in Malaysia.
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1,2015 to September 30,2019. He was the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford is the first Marine Corps officer to serve in four different four-star positions;the others include commander of the International Security Assistance Force and United States Forces –Afghanistan from February 2013 to August 2014,and as the thirty-second assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from October 23,2010 to December 15,2012. He has commanded several units,including the 5th Marine Regiment during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Ali Habib Mahmud was a Syrian military officer who served as Syria's minister of defense from June 2009 to August 2011. As one of Syria's most celebrated generals,he was part of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle.
Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri,commonly known by his nom de guerreAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi,was an Iraqi militant who was the first caliph of the Islamic State (IS) from 2014 until his death.
The Ministry of Human Rights was a cabinet-level ministry within the government of Iraq between 2003 and 2015. The Ministry was created by the Coalition Provisional Authority when the Iraqi Governing Council was formed after the invasion of Iraq.
Lieutenant General Sean Barry MacFarland is a retired three-star general who served in the United States Army.
On 15 June 2014,U.S. President Barack Obama ordered United States forces to be dispatched in response to the Northern Iraq offensive of the Islamic State (IS) as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. At the invitation of the Iraqi government,American troops went to assess Iraqi forces and the threat posed by ISIL.
Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim,known by the kunyaAbu Mahdi al-Muhandis was an Iranian-Iraqi commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). At the time of his death,he was deputy chief of the PMF and regarded as one of Iraq's most powerful men.
Major General Rupert Timothy Herbert Jones,is a retired senior British Army officer,who served as the Standing Joint Force Commander from November 2018 to July 2021.
Kenneth Franklin McKenzie Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 14th commander of the United States Central Command from March 28,2019 to April 1,2022. He served as Director of the Joint Staff from July 5,2017 after having previously served for two years as Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) on the Joint Staff.
The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to three main organizations. Earliest of these was the "Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād" organization,founded by the Jihadist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999. The other two predecessor organizations emerged during the Iraqi insurgency against the U.S. occupation forces. These included the "Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah" group founded by Abu Omar al-Baghdadi in 2004 and the "Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jama’ah" group founded by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his associates in the same year.
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