Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri (Arabic: هيثم صباح شاكر محمد البدري, died August 2007) was a commander of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Salahuddin Province[1] who reportedly masterminded the 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing which substantially damaged the Shiite mosque and set off a wave of retaliatory violence by the Shiites against other Moslems. He was a former Iraqi government official under Saddam Hussein and following the US-led invasion, was a member of al Qaeda. Badri was killed in a US airstrike east of Samarra on August 2, 2007.[2][3]
References
- ^ Fernando Reinares, Bruce Hoffman (28 October 2014). The Evolution of the Global Terrorist Threat: From 9/11 to Osama bin Laden's Death. Columbia University Press. p. 437. ISBN 9780231537438.
- ^ "Iraqi Led Bombing of Shiite Shrine, Official Says". The New York Times. 28 June 2006.
- ^ "Al Qaeda No. 2 in Iraq Captured". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 2006.