Ziad Al-Karbouly
Ziad Al-Karbouly | |
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زياد خلف الكربولي | |
Born | Ziad Khalaf al-Karbouly 1970 Al-Qa'im, Iraq |
Died | February 4, 2015 Swaqa Prison, Jordan | (aged 44–45)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Ziad Khalaf al-Karbouly (Arabic: زياد خلف الكربولي; 1970 - died 4 February 2015), a native of Al-Qa'im, was an Islamist former Iraqi officer and the son of an Iraqi tribal sheikh of the Al-Karabla clan of the Dulaim.[1]
Arrest and trial
[edit]Al-Karbouly was captured by Jordanian 71st Counter Terrorism Battalion with the aid of Jordanian intelligence officers in May 2006, and accused of being Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's assistant which Karbouly denied.[2] Karbouly told the tribunal that he was "innocent". He also disputed the prosecution's version that he was captured inside Iraq in a joint operation of the Jordanian army and intelligence on 10 May. He told the tribunal that he had been kidnapped "from Lebanon on May 6."[3] On 23 May 2006, he admitted that he had abducted and killed citizens from Jordan and Iraq, and had abducted two Moroccans in October 2005.[4][5]
Execution
[edit]Al-Karbouly was sentenced to death, and along with failed suicide bomber Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, was hanged on 4 February 2015, their executions expedited in retaliation for the burning of Royal Jordanian Air Force lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jordan Executes Two Prisoners to Avenge ISIS Murder of Pilot". NBC News. NBC Universal. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Bakier, Abdul Hameed (31 May 2006). "Jordan Arrests al-Qaeda Member in Sting Operation". jamestown.org. Vol. 3, no. 21. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Mustafa, Abdul Jalil (21 September 2006). "Al-Qaeda's Leader Denies Terror Charges in Jordan". arabnews.com. Saudi Research and Publishing Company. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Al-Zarqawi's top aide arrested in Jordan". Xinhua. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Iraqi Customs Agent Arrested in Jordan Confesses to Al Qaeda Killings". Fox News. FOX. Associated Press. 23 May 2006. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Michaels, Jim; Bacon, John (3 February 2015). "Jordan executes two in response to pilot's slaying". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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- Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq
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- People convicted of murder by Jordan
- People convicted on terrorism charges
- People executed by Jordan by hanging
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