On the Murder of Husham al-Hashemi


(MENAFN- Iraq Business News) By Michael Knights, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy . Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News .

On July 6, 2020, Iraq's most prolific security commentator Husham al-Hashemi was assassinated in Zayouna, a social melting pot neighborhood of east Baghdad.

At 8:19 pm, he arrived outside his home, driving his own unarmored white SUV. Seconds before, two motorbikes pulled up, each carrying two young men.

They knew that he was coming and they knew where he would park his car.

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