Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid (born 1950/1951) is currently the commander of all Iraqi Army

Iraqi Army

The Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....

 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

Balad Ruz

Balad Ruz is a small village in the Diyala province of Iraq. Its mayor is Mohamed Maroof Al-Hussein.Balad Ruz has a radio station that was opened Dec. 18 2006, known as Al Noor Radio Station, also known as “The Light”....

 area of Diyala province, Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

. He served in the Iraqi Army during the regime of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...

, but like a number of other generals, was imprisoned by Saddam following the Gulf War

Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

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Sources/External Links

• http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/world/middleeast/15embed.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/world/middleeast/14iraq.html

See also

• Iraqi Security Forces
  Iraqi Security Forces
  The Iraqi Armed Forces are the military forces of the Government of Iraq. They consist of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Air Force, and the Iraqi Navy....
  
  
• Iraq War
• War on Terrorism
  War on Terrorism
  The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...