Fadhil Barwari

Fadhil Jamil Barwari
Fadhil Jamil Barwari
	Barwari in 2009
Native name	فاضل جميل برواري
Born	1 April 1966; Dohuk, Iraqi Republic
Died	20 September 2018 (aged 52); Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Allegiance	Peshmerga (1980s–2003); Iraq (2003–2018)
Service / branch	ISOF
Years of service	1980s–2018
Rank	Major General
Unit	36th Commando Battalion
Battles / wars	Iraq War 2004 Battle of Samarra; Operation Sayeed; Second Battle of Fallujah; Ninawa campaign; 2008 Iraq spring fighting Battle of Basra; ; ; Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) 2010 Baghdad church attack; ; War in Iraq (2013–2017) 2014 Anbar Campaign; Battle of Mosul (2016–17); ;

Fadhil Jamil Barwari (1 April 1966 – 20 September 2018) was an Iraqi military officer with the rank Major General who served as the commander of the ISOF-1 Brigade of the Counter Terrorism Service. Prior to that, he served as the commander of the 36th Commando Battalion. In November 2017, Barwari was implicated in a corruption scandal to “cheat the US State Department out of millions of dollars”. He died of a heart attack in 2018.

Barwari was a graduate of the Second Iraqi Military Academy in Zakho.