The team is the first pillar Sultan Hashim, who died in his prison in southern Iraq on Sunday evening after a heart attack at the age of 75, one of the most prominent officers during the era of the late President Saddam Hussein, and participated in most of the wars waged by the Iraqi forces at that time.
Sultan Hashem Ahmed Al-Taie was born in 1945 in the northern city of Mosul, known for the involvement of her children in the military since the establishment of the Iraqi army in 1921, and after completing his preparatory studies, he entered the Military College to graduate from the pedestrian school for the 40th session in 1964 with a degree in military science, then he continued his studies in The Staff College graduated from the 41st course in 1975, and received a master’s degree in military science.
Then he completed his studies at the Higher War College in the eighties of the last century, and received a diploma in higher education - Military and Strategic Sciences, in addition to receiving many military courses inside and outside Iraq.
The most prominent stations and
with his graduation from the Military College in the sixties of the last century, Iraq and the Arab world witnessed many wars, in which he participated with the beginnings of his military career, so that his career is full of wars, his first military experiences were in the Arab-Israeli war in June 1967 on the Jordanian front, and participated On the Syrian front in the October 1973 war.
He also participated in the Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988), the invasion of Kuwait and the second Gulf war in 1991, and the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
And political analyst Ibrahim al-Sumaida'i quotes in an interview with Al-Jazeera Net about one of the leaders of the Iraqi army, saying that "General Sultan participated in all battles and was fighting with all courage and strength," noting that his fellow senior officers described him as compassionate, compassionate, and rigorous at the same time, as he did not adopt Cruelty and strong, was characterized by integrity and professionalism of the military. "
This is confirmed by the retired military and strategic expert, Brigadier General Dr. Subhi Nazim, that Sultan Hashem was known about him in the Iraqi army that he was not absolutely inclined to the executions that occurred during the Iran-Iraq war, and was not inclined to severe accountability.
The team Sultan Hashim held many academic, field and ministerial positions and positions, beginning with the position of a teacher at the Iraqi Military College in the beginning of the seventies, after which he was assigned the duties of the commander of the Fifth Infantry Brigade in the fourth division in the mid-seventies, and at the end of the seventies and the beginning of the eighties he was the commander of the fourth mountain division, and became the commander of the Legion The fifth beginning of the eighties, before he moved to lead the first legion until the end of the eighties.
Between 1990 and 1993 he held the position of Chief of Staff for Operations, before becoming the governor of Mosul in 1994 for about one year, to head the Iraqi Army Staff in 1995, and then stamped him as Minister of Defense for the period between 1996 and 2003.
The Safwan Tent is perhaps one of the most prominent stations in the life of Sultan Hashem when he headed the Iraqi military delegation to negotiate with the international coalition delegation after the Iraqi army withdrew from Kuwait and lost the war in what is known as the "Safwan Tent" negotiations, relative to the Iraqi town of Safwan near the Kuwaiti border. Among the highlights of this agreement are the recognition of the sovereignty of the State of Kuwait, the stabilization of borders between the two countries, as well as the cancellation of all decisions taken by Iraq during its invasion of Kuwait.
The memoirs of the chief of the international coalition negotiators, American General Norman Schwarzkopf, who wrote about Sultan Hashem, stated that he stood before a seasoned and professional Iraqi leader who knew the traditions and origins of the military.
Arrest and trial
Hashem was among 55 people on the wanted list for American forces, and surrendered after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. The former Prime Minister and leader of the National Coalition, Iyad Allawi, said in press statements published Monday that Hashem had surrendered in agreement with American military leaders.
On the reason for his being one of the first military leaders to surrender after the 2003 invasion, Al-Sumaida’i said, “Hashem was sane and well aware that what was was, and it is not possible to remedy what happened and revive the previous regime.”
Hashem was brought to a trial that lasted more than three years, to be sentenced to death by hanging on June 24, 2007 for his conviction for the suppression of the Kurds in the eighties of the last century, and was scheduled to be executed on September 11, 2007, but the US forces that were overseeing prisons at the time refused Hand it over. Media reports at the time indicated that the refusal of the late Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to sign prevented the execution of the ruling. Talabani was opposed to the death penalty.