Farhan Jubouri

Farhan Mutlaq Saleh al-Jubouri (Arabic فرحان مطلك صالح الجبوري) was an Iraqi intelligence officer who served as the head of General Military Intelligence in Northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign.^[1] He was born in the 1940s.

Military career

He served as Head of General Military Intelligence in Northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign ^[1] which Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom have officially recognize as genocide.^[2] He attained the rank of Maj. General.^[3]

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq Jubouri was charged by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the al-Anfal campaign. According to Bassem Mroue writing in the Washington post 29 January 2007, Jubouri is rerecorded as saying "People hear that Fahran al-Jubouri ordered executions, that villages were destroyed and that he was behind mass graves. My reputation is ruined. I am innocent of all charges against me,"^[4] The trial concluded on 24 March 2007, with Jubouri being found guilty and being given a life sentence. Jubouri appealed his sentence, although it was confirmed in a subsequent verdict.^[1]

Jubouri was a defence witness for Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali"^[4]

Death

Jubouri died in Al- Kadhimiya prison^[3] in Baghdad on 28 March 2013 at the age of 68. However some reports place his death on the 26 March^[3] Jubouri had been suffering from a chronic illness. He was buried on 1 April in his hometown of Qayyarah in Nineveh Province.^[5]

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