Farhan Jubouri

Farhan Mutlaq Saleh al-Jubouri (Arabic فرحان مطلك صالح الجبوري) was an Iraqi intelligence officer who served as the head of General Military Intelligence in Northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign.

Career

Military career

He severed as Head of General Military Intelligence in Northern Iraq during the al-Anfal campaign which Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom have officially recognize as genocide.

He attended the rank of Maj. General.

Iraqi Special Tribunal

Following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq Jubouri was charged by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the al-Anfal campaign. According to Bassem Mroue writing in the Washington post 29 January 2007, Jubouri is rerecorded as saying "People hear that Fahran al-Jubouri ordered executions, that villages were destroyed and that he was behind mass graves. My reputation is ruined. I am innocent of all charges against me," The trial concluded on 24 March 2007, with Jubouri being found guilty and being given a life sentence. Jubouri appealed his sentence, although it was confirmed in a subsequent verdict.

Jubouri was a defence witness for Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali"

Death

Jubouri died in Al- Kadhimiya prison in Baghdad on 28 March 2013 at the age of 68. However some reports place his death on the 26 March Jubouri had been suffering from a chronic illness. He was buried on 1 April in his hometown of Qayyarah in Nineveh Province.