Ali Ghaidan Majid

Ali Ghaidan Majid

Ghaidan in 2009.
Born c. 1950
Balad Ruz, Diyala Governorate, Iraq
Allegiance  Iraq
Service/branch Iraqi Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Commander of all Iraqi Army Ground Forces under Iraqi control
Battles/wars

Gulf War
Iraq War

Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid (born 1950/1951) is the commander of all Iraqi Army ground forces under Iraqi control. (Two of the Iraqi Army's 10 divisions, the 5th and 7th, are under American command.) He is from the Balad Ruz area of Diyala province, Iraq. He served in the Iraqi Army during the regime of Saddam Hussein, but like a number of other generals, was imprisoned by Saddam following the Gulf War.

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