Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani

Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
Born	1959 (age 51–52) Nasiriyah, Iraq
Allegiance	Badr Brigades (ex) Special Groups
Unit	Sheibani Network
Battles/wars	Iraq War

Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani (born 1959 in al-Nasiriyah) also known as Hamid Thajil Warij al-Attabi or Hamid al-Sheibani^[1] is an Iraqi Shi'a leader who commands his own insurgent group and smuggling network known as the Sheibani Network, which became one of the Iraqi Special Groups. An arrest warrant was issued for him by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq on April 12, 2005 with a reward of $200,000 for information leading to his capture. In 2006 he was added to the Iraqi Government's 41 Most-Wanted list.^[2] He holds both Iraqi and Iranian nationality (from his exile in Iran during Saddam Hussein's rule) and is alleged to be currently residing in Tehran.^[1]

Sheibani was a former member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq's Badr Brigades, after the 2003 Invasion of Iraq he created an arms smuggling network linked to Iran's Quds Force. The Sheibani network was used to supply Qais Khazali's Khazali Network (also known as Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq or League of the Righteous) and other Special Groups,^[3] The group is also itself responsible for numerous attacks against Coalition and Iraqi security forces, in particular British forces in Basra. The Sheibani network is alleged to be responsible for a bombing in July 2005 which killed three British soldiers as well as other attacks.^[4]

His younger brother Abu Yaser al-Sheibani, which was his second in command, was captured by US forces on April 20, 2007^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} United States Department of the Treasury Treasury Designates Individuals, Entity Fueling Iraqi Insurgency
2. ^ GlobalSecurity.org Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
3. ^ Iran's Hard Power Influence in Iraq
4. ^ BBC Iraq exit strategy still elusive, 21 September 2005
5. ^ Press Briefing, July 2

• Targeting the Iranian "Secret Cells"

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Name	Abu Mustafa Al-Sheibani
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Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Nasiriyah, Iraq
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