Hisham al-Hashimi

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Hisham al-Hashimi (born May 9, 1973 in Baghdad ; † July 6, 2020 there ) (also Husham al-Hashimi, Arabic هشام الهاشمي, DMG Hišām al-Hāšimī ) was an Iraqi historian , publicist and expert on security, extremism and terrorist groups such as the Islamic State Organization in Iraq and the Levant .

Career

Hisham al-Hashimi studied Islamic studies and hadiths and studied the work of the medieval hadithologist and historiographer Al-Dhahabi . Towards the end of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's rule , he was imprisoned. After the overthrow of the Saddam regime by the coalition troops in the Third Gulf War , Hashimi worked as a journalist and worked, among other things, with international reporters.

Hashimi specializes in analyzing various armed groups in Iraq and has written numerous articles and blog posts. With the rise of the organization “Islamic State in Iraq” and its successor organization “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”, he became known to an international public as an expert in security and counter-terrorism. In 2018 he worked for the Al-Nahrain Center think tank in Baghdad and was a member of the National Reconciliation Commission in Iraq. Hashimi appeared regularly in Iraqi and Arabic-language media and, among other things, collected scientific data for terrorism research. According to various sources, he was advising the Iraqi government. According to the Middle East magazine zenith , Hashimi was now under the personal protection of Iraqi President Barham Salih and mediated between politicians and representatives of the protest movement on Tahrir Square in Baghdad. According to a report in The Guardian newspaper, there were personal contacts between him and the Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman .

Assassination on July 6, 2020 in Baghdad

According to various Iraqi media reports of the same name, Hisham al-Hashimi was shot dead by at least one assassin in front of his home in the Zayouna district on the evening of July 6, 2020. The neighborhood is in the neighborhood of the well-known bourgeois quarter of Karrada . The following night, Arab TV channels broadcast footage from a security camera showing a single perpetrator firing several shots at the interior of a white car and then fleeing. Another video shows that other people, including the driver of a motorcycle or scooter, may have been involved in the attack. Hashimi was taken to the Baghdad Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Hashimi had previously received numerous death threats, both from jihadist groups within the Sunni spectrum and from members of Shiite militias in Iraq. According to media reports, shortly before his death, Hashimi announced that he was being threatened by members of the Iraqi group Kata'ib Hezbollah. Hashimi's brother told journalists that shortly before the attack, the murdered man received threats from supporters of "IS".

Hashimi's body was granted final passage in procession on July 7, 2020 in Baghdad. He was then buried in Najaf . Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said in a statement that “lawless groups” had carried out the attack and would be held accountable. Hashimi was an important voice in the fight against IS and made important, security-relevant "dialogues" possible in Iraq. A few hours after Hashimi's death , the EU ambassador in Baghdad, the German diplomat Martin Huth , demanded via Twitter that the perpetrators of this “heinous crime” should be brought to justice. Shortly before his death, Hashimi criticized the Iraqi party system, sectarian politics and sectarism in the country on Twitter .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Inna Rudolf: Hisham was not intimidated. In: zenith. July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Alsumaria TV: من هو هشام الهاشمي الذي اغتيل في بغداد ؟. Retrieved July 7, 2020 (Arabic).
  3. ↑ Hisham al-Hashimi, researcher of Jihadi groups, shot dead in Baghdad. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ WZ Online: IS chief reports after five years via video. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hisham al-Hashimi - Foreign Policy. Retrieved July 7, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ Harith Hasan, Kheder Khaddour: The Transformation of the Iraqi-Syrian Border: From a National to a Regional Frontier. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  7. ^ Al-Monitor Staff: Prominent Iraqi analyst and advisor shot dead in Baghdad. July 6, 2020, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  8. ^ Paul-Anton Krüger: IS leader allegedly injured. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  9. ^ A b Killing of Islamic State expert in Baghdad marks critical moment for Iraq. July 7, 2020, accessed on July 8, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Al Hadath: فيديو جديد للحظة اغتيال الباحث العراقي هشام الهاشمي (YouTube). Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Sky News Arabia: بالفيديو .. لحظة اغتيال الخبير الأمني ​​العراقي هشام الهاشمي. Retrieved July 7, 2020 (Arabic).
  12. ↑ Jomana Karadsheh, Arwa Damon, Hamdi Alkhshali and Aqeel Najim: Prominent researcher of jihadi groups shot dead in Baghdad. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Leading Iraqi security expert shot dead in Baghdad . In: BBC News . July 7, 2020 ( bbc.com [accessed July 7, 2020]).
  14. ↑ Inga Rogg: A murder shakes Iraq. In: NZZ. July 7, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Shafaaq News: Al-Kadhimi on the subject of Al-Hashimi: to hold perpetrators to account. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Husham Al Hashimi: prominent Iraqi security analyst gunned down. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Leading Iraqi expert on ISIS shot dead in Baghdad. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hashimi, Hisham al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iraqi historian, publicist and expert on security, extremism and terrorist groups
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Baghdad
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 2020
Place of death Baghdad