Maher Abdul Rashid

Colonel General

Maher Abdul-Rashid
Colonel General; Maher Abdul-Rashid
	Rashid in 1982 during the Iran-Iraq war.
Native name	ماهر عبد الرشيد
Born	24 July 1942; Tikrit, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	29 June 2014 (aged 71); Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
Allegiance	Ba'athist Iraq
Branch	Iraqi Ground Forces
Years of service	1963–2003
Rank	Colonel general
Commands	3rd Army
Battles / wars	Six Day War; (seconded to Jordan); Yom Kippur War; Iran-Iraq War Operation Ramadan; Operation Ghader; First Battle of al-Faw; Operation Karbala-5; Tawakalna ala Allah Operations; Second Battle of al-Faw; ; Gulf War; 1991 uprisings in Iraq; 2003 Invasion of Iraq;
Children	Ali (son); Abdullah (son); Sahar (daughter)
Relations	Maj. Gen. Taher Abdul Rashid (brother); Marwan (nephew); Qusay Hussein (son-in-law)

Colonel General Maher Abdul Rashid (Arabic: ماهر عبد الرشيد) (24 July 1942 – 29 June 2014) was an Iraqi military officer. Rashid rose to prominence during the Iran-Iraq War, and was regarded as one of Saddam's best generals, serving as Chief-of-Staff of the Iraqis after being brought out of retirement, which he had been forced into in 1983. Rashid also played a prominent role in helping Iraq to regain her initiative during the war. Not all assessments of Rashid were so kind, and Ra'ad al-Hamdani refers to him as "one of the dumbest generals in the army".