Fasal al Gaood
Fasal al Gaood فصال القعود | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Anbar (Acting) | |
| In office July 2004 – January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Karim Barjas |
| Succeeded by | Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 25 June 2007 Mansour Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
Sheikh Faisal Raikan al-Gut al-Nimrawi (
Sunni Muslim ally of the United States
. He served as interim governor of the province from July 2004 to January 2005.
Fasal al Gaood helped to form an umbrella group of tribal Sunni leaders called the
insurgents
in Sunni regions of Iraq, such as Al Anbar. The council had been unfortunately torn by infighting.
Al Gaood was killed on June 25, 2007, in a
Al-Iraqiya
TV.
External links
- McClatchy Newspaper Service: A U.S. ally in Iraq is murdered
- Washington Post:Baghdad Blast Targets Sunni Tribal Leaders (Accessed September 14, 2007)
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