Ziad Al-Karbouly
Aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1970–2015)
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Ziyad 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]
1970
Ziad Al-Karbouly | |
|---|---|
| زياد خلف الكربولي | |
| Born | Ziyad Khalaf al-Karbouly 1970 Al-Qa'im, Iraq |
| Died | 4 February 2015 (aged 44–45) Swaqa Prison, Jordan |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Arrest and trial
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
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.[6]
