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- A leading Iraqi expert on armed groups, who advised governments and appeared frequently in the media, has been shot dead in the capital, Baghdad. Hisham al-Hashimi was killed near his home in the Ziyouna district on Monday night by two gunmen riding a motorbike.
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Hisham al-Hashimi’s rise to becoming one of the most influential analysts in Iraq was not typical. Before the US and British-led invasion of the country in 2003, he was jailed by Saddam Hussein for anti-government activities and then released before the regime was toppled. At the time, clerics got into his head. He travelled to the northern mountai...
October 2019 was a watershed moment in Iraq’s modern history. Like most Iraqis, Hisham was shocked and disgusted by the Iraqi government’s violent response to a mass uprising calling for revolution that engulfed the centre and south of the country, including his city Baghdad. Under the premiership of Adil Abdul-Mahdi, state forces which also includ...
One of the last times I spoke with Hisham at length was a few days before his killing. He had spent much of the conversation frustrated that the new government was not serious enough about fighting corruption. The political parties still controlled the system. Hisham wanted Iraq’s so-called reformist leaders to make bold moves, since they now occup...
Hisham al-Hashimi (Arabic: هشام الهاشمي; 9 May 1973 – 6 July 2020) was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic State and its supporters.
May 7, 2023 · An Iraqi court has issued a death sentence against the alleged killer of prominent Iraqi security analyst Hisham al-Hashimi, nearly three years after his assassination.
Jul 7, 2020 · The family of Hisham al-Hashimi, an outspoken Iraqi security analyst who was assassinated in front of his home, held a funeral for him in Baghdad on Tuesday.
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Apr 13, 2022 · On 6 July 2020, Hisham al-Hashimi, security adviser to Iraq's prime minister, was murdered outside his home in Baghdad. As a fearless critic of the men of violence on both sides of Iraq’s...
Jul 10, 2020 · The brutal shooting of my friend and colleague Dr Hisham al-Hashimi outside his house in Baghdad on Monday 6 July, may indicate who will be targeted in this third wave and why. Hisham’s killing by assailants on motorbikes is a profound tragedy for his wife and young children.
