Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat

Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat
Ribat in the early 1980s, as Commander of the Iraqi Army's 2nd Division.
Native name	عبد الواحد شنان آل رباط
Born	Samawah, Iraq
Allegiance	Ba'athist Iraq
Service/branch	Iraqi Army
Years of service	1957–1993
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	6th Corps
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War Operation Karbala-5

Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat (Arabic: عبد الواحد شنان آل رباط) is a former Iraqi Army general.

Ribat, a Shiite, is from the city of Samawah in Muthanna province. He served as Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army during the reign of Saddam Hussein.^[1]

He later went on to become the Governor of Nineveh in 1993, in which capacity he served until the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.^[2]

Reported death

On 14 June 2014 an Iraqi government spokesperson claimed Ribat was killed in a government airstrike on Mosul as part of the 2014 Northern Iraq Offensive.^[3][4][5] Ribat's family however refuted this, and claimed that he was alive and well in the United Arab Emirates, and had no contact with militant groups active in Iraq.^[6]

References

1. "مقتل قياديين من المسلحين أحدهما رئيس أركان الجيش في عهد صدام حسين بالموصل". Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
2. "IRAQI REGIONAL COMMANDS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
3. "Several senior ISIL leaders, former Baath party members killed in Ninevah | Shafaqna India". India.shafaqna.com. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
4. الاسم. "مقتل المجرمين عبد الواحد شنان ال رباط وهاشم الجماسي و عدد من كبار قادة تنظيم داعش | صدى الحقيقة". Sdhnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
5. مقتل المجرم البعثي عبدالواحد شنان خلال عملية نوعية بالموصل. "مقتل المجرم البعثي عبدالواحد شنان خلال عملية نوعية بالموصل | عراق القانون". Qanon302.net. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
6. Ali Zayni (16 June 2014). "::::: جريدة المشرق ::::: عائلة عبد الواحد آل رباط تنفي مقتله في الموصل!". Al-mashriq.net. Retrieved 20 May 2015.