Abdullah Kadhem Ruaid Explained
Abdullah Kadhem Ruaid (Arabic: عبد الله كاظم رويد;1 January 1925 — 2 January 2011) was a former Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party official[1] in the Dujail region of Iraq and the father of Mizher Abdullah Roweed Al-Musheikhi. He was arrested in 2005 by A/1-128 of the Wisconsin Army National Guard.[2] Ruaid was convicted of involvement in the killings of 148 Shia Muslims during the Al-Dujail trial of Saddam Hussein, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity.[3] [4]
Ruaid died in prison at the age of 86 on January 2, 2011, ten years before the end of his sentence.[5]
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- Web site: TRIAL : Profiles . 2013-12-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407210228/http://www.trial-ch.org/en/resources/trial-watch/trial-watch/profiles/profile/406/action/show/controller/Profile/tab/legal-procedure.html . 2016-04-07 .
- News: Saddam trial: Verdicts in detail . BBC News. 17 February 2010 . 5 November 2006.
- Web site: Bhuta . Nehal . Fatal Errors: The Trial and Appeal Judgments in the Dujail Case . 2023-07-06 .
- Web site: The National, National and Islamic Front mourns Sheikh Abdullah Kazem Ruwaid Al-Mashaikhi . Dhi Qar Network . June 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200609152410/https://www.thiqar.net/Art.php?id=21874 . June 9, 2020.