Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat
| Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat | |
|---|---|
 Ribat in the early 1980s, as Commander of the Iraqi Army's 2nd Division. | |
| Native name | عبد الواحد شنان آل رباط |
| Born | Samawah, Iraq |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Ba'athist Iraq |
| Service/branch | Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1957–1993 |
| Rank |
Lieutenant General  |
| Commands held | 6th Corps |
| Battles/wars | |
Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat (Arabic: عبد الواحد شنان آل رباط) is a former Iraqi Army general.
Ribat, a Shiite, is from the city of Samawah in Muthanna province. He served as Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army during the reign of Saddam Hussein.[1]
He later went on to become the Governor of Nineveh in 1993, in which capacity he served until the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.[2]
Reported death
On 14 June 2014 an Iraqi government spokesperson claimed Ribat was killed in a government airstrike on Mosul as part of the 2014 Northern Iraq Offensive.[3][4][5] Ribat's family however refuted this, and claimed that he was alive and well in the United Arab Emirates, and had no contact with militant groups active in Iraq.[6]
References
- ↑ "مقتل قياديين من المسلحين أحدهما رئيس أركان الجيش في عهد صدام حسين بالموصل". Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "IRAQI REGIONAL COMMANDS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Several senior ISIL leaders, former Baath party members killed in Ninevah | Shafaqna India". India.shafaqna.com. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ الاسم. "مقتل المجرمين عبد الواحد شنان ال رباط وهاشم الجماسي و عدد من كبار قادة تنظيم داعش | صدى الحقيقة". Sdhnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ مقتل المجرم البعثي عبدالواحد شنان خلال عملية نوعية بالموصل. "مقتل المجرم البعثي عبدالواحد شنان خلال عملية نوعية بالموصل | عراق القانون". Qanon302.net. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ↑ Ali Zayni (16 June 2014). "::::: جريدة المشرق ::::: عائلة عبد الواحد آل رباط تنفي مقتله في الموصل!". Al-mashriq.net. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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