Hisham Sabah al-Fakhri

Hisham Sabah al-Fakhri (Arabic: هشام صباح الفخري; 1940 – 7 May 2008) was a senior Iraqi field commander.[1][2] He was commander of the Fourth Army Corps in 1983, 1985 (Operation Badr)[3][4] and of the Sixth Army Corps from 1984 to 1986.[5] He is sometimes cited as "one of the heroes of the war against Iran" during the Iran–Iraq War.[6][7]

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References

  1. ^ Pollack, Kenneth M. Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991 (Studies in War, Society, and the Military). Bison Books; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2004). p. 208–209.
  2. ^ Bengio, Ofra. Saddam's Word: Political Discourse in Iraq (Studies in Middle Eastern History). Oxford University Press; 1st edition (January 3, 2002). p. 185.
  3. ^ Hiro, Dilip. The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict. Routledge. p. 95.
  4. ^ "Iraq Reports Iran's 4th Attack". New York Times. Reuters. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  5. ^ Razoux, Pierre. The Iran-Iraq War. Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press; 1st edition (November 3, 2015). p. 513.
  6. ^ Woods, Kevin M.; Lipkin-Shahak, Amnon; Amidror, Yaakov; Malovany, Pesach (2017). "37: The Iraqi Army's Confrontation with the Kurds and Iran". Wars of Modern Babylon: A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813169446. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
  7. ^ Karsh, Efraim; Rautsi, Inari (1 December 2007). Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-8021-9954-6. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
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