Ayad Khalil Zaki Explained
Ayad Khalil Zaki (Arabic: اياد خليل زكي) was an Iraqi military officer and Combat engineering officer in the Iraqi Army.
He served as the Iraqi field commander during the Anfal Campaign.[1] By 1990, Zaki was the Commander of the IV Corps of the Iraqi Army and was the commander of the army during the Battle of Wadi al-Batin in the Gulf War.[2]
In 1991, Zaki had been promoted to the position of Armed Forces Assistant Chief of Staff for Supplies and Logistics.[3] In early December 1994 Zaki was one of the Generals called on by Wafiq as-Samarra to revolt when Samarra defected.
Zaki served as Assistant Chief of Staff until being made the Governor of Muthanna Province.[4]
Zaki left Iraq following the 2004 Invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of the Ba'athist government and traveled to Jordan [5] He died on the 22 August 2013.[6]
Zaki was a Sunni Arab from Baghdad.[7]
Command and Staff positions held
- Second in Command, Sapper Platoon 1956-57
- Pioneers and Sappers Platoon Leader - 1957-1959
- Combat Engineering officers company leader and battalion staff officer course, Soviet Union - 1959-1960
- Second in Command, Sapper Company - 1960-1962
- Commanding Officer, B Sapper Company, 2nd Sapper Battalion, 5th Motorised Brigade - 1962-1964
- Combined Arms/All-Arms Operations Officers Course, Soviet Union - 1964-1965
- Adjutant, 1st Field Engineer Regiment, 1st Division - 1965-1967
- Instructor, Military Engineering College - 1967-1968
- Commanding Officer, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 12th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Armoured Division - 1968-1971
- Higher Command and Staff College Course (Frunze University), Soviet Union - 1971-1972
- GSO-I, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division - 1972-1976
- Executive Staff Officer, Personnel and Training Division, Army General Headquarters Baghdad - 1976-1979
- Commander, 14th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division - 1979-1982
- Commander, 2nd Combat Engineering Brigade, II Corps - 1982-1984
- General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division, 1984-1987
- GSO-I and Chief of Operations, II Corps - 1987-1990
- General Officer Commanding, IV Corps - 1990-1994
- Assistant Minister of Defence, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Chief of Supplies and Logistics - 1994-1999
Ranks
- Second Lieutenant - 1956-57
- Lieutenant - 1957-1960
- Captain - 1960-1965
- Major - 1965-1968
- Lieutenant Colonel - 1968-1972
- Colonel - 1972-1979
- Brigadier - 1979-1984
- Major General - 1984-1989
- Lieutenant General - 1989-1995
- Colonel General (Full General) - 1995-1999
Notes and References
- https://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/APPENDIXB.htm Human Rights Watch - Appendix B - The Perpetrators of Anfal: A Road-Map to the Principal Agencies and Individuals
- Book: Ayalon, Ami . 1 August 1992 . Middle East Contemporary Survey 1990, Volume 14; Volume 1990 . The Moshe Dayan Center . 420 .
- Book: al-Marashi . Ibrahim . Sammy . Salama . 2008 . Iraq's Armed Forces: An Analytical History . registration . Routledge . 189 .
- Book: Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce . 5 September 2002 . Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24 . The Moshe Dayan Center . 256 & p. 276 .
- Book: Woods . Kevin M. . Kevin M. Woods . Saddam's Generals: Perspectives of the Iran-Iraq War . 2011 . 2010 . Institute for Defense Analyses . Alexandria, VA . 43 . 9780160896132 .
- Web site: BANGRE. 2014-07-03. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231734/http://www.iraqpressagency.com/?p=4721&lang=ar. dead.
- Book: Maddy-Weitzman, Bruce . Middle East Contemporary Survey, Volume 24 . 256 & p. 276 .
