Mahdi Al-Gharrawi

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
Gharrawi in 2010
Native name	مهدي صبيح آل الغراوي
Allegiance	Iraq
Service/branch	Iraqi Federal Police  Iraqi Ground Forces
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Ninewa Province Command 3rd Division
Battles/wars	War in Iraq (2013-17) Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)

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

• Iraqi Security Forces
• Iraq War
• War on Terrorism

References

1. "Iraqi PM Maliki fires senior security commanders". Al Arabiya. 17 June 2014.
2. "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.
3. "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.