Ali Ghaidan Majid

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

Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid (born 1950) is an Iraq military officer who was the commander of the Iraqi Ground Forces between 2006 and September 2014. 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.

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
• Iraq War
• War on Terrorism