Mahdi Al-Gharrawi Explained

Mahdi Al-Gharrawi
Native Name:مهدي صبيح آل الغراوي
Allegiance: Iraq
Branch: Iraqi Federal Police
Rank:Lieutenant General
Commands:Ninewa Province Command
3rd Division
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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.

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]

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  1. News: 17 June 2014 . Iraqi PM Maliki fires senior security commanders . .
  2. Web site: Iraqi general responsible for losing Mosul has been sentenced to death. 4 November 2017. 4 November 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107031442/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-general-responsible-losing-mosul-sentenced-death/. dead.
  3. News: 1 August 2020 . Gharawi released after serving his sentence in Mosul case . ar . الإفراج عن الغراوي بعد قضاء محكوميته في قضية سقوط الموصل . 29 April 2023 .