The Aswat Al-Iraq News Agency reported that the convoy of Ali Ghaidan, Iraq’s Army Ground Forces Commander, was attacked. This news agency wrote that in the attack against the convoy of Ali Ghaidan, Maliki Army’s Ground Forces Commander, 26 people were killed and injured.
To this date Ghaidan has had an active role in the suppression of people in various parts of Iraq, including the Hawija massacre, and is very infamous among the Iraqi people.