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3 unusual facts about Jawad Rumi Daini


Jawad Rumi Daini

He was one of the two Iraqi commanders overseeing the Al-Aaimmah bridge when the 2005 Baghdad bridge stampede occurred.

Following his forced retirement his son Haidar was abducted and murdered, with his body being discovered in a neighborhood controlled by the Mahdi Army.

Tensions between Daini and the political establishment continued to grow until reaching a boiling point in June 2006 when Daini's soldiers arrested a Mahdi Army death squad.



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