Abu Ghadiya

{{Short description|Member of al-Qaeda (1976-?)}}

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|name=Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi
({{langx|ar|بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي}})

|birth_date= 1976

|death_date= November, {{death year and age|2004|1978}} or October 26, {{death year and age|2008|1978}}

|birth_place= Mosul, Iraq or Damascus, Syria

|death_place=Abu Kamal, Syria

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|nickname= Abu Ghadiya ({{langx|ar|أبو غادية}})
Abu al-Ghadia

|allegiance={{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|size=23px}} Al-Qaeda

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|unit={{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004-2005).svg|size=23px}} Al-Qaeda in Iraq
{{flagicon image|AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg}} Islamic State of Iraq

|battles=Iraqi insurgency

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Abu Ghadiya ({{langx|ar|أبو غادية}}) was an al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) militant and smuggler. The United States Treasury Department claimed his real name was Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi ({{langx|ar|بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي}}) and that he was born sometime between 1977 and 1979 in Mosul. However, other reports claimed that Abu Ghadiya was born in Damascus in 1976 and his real name was Sulayman Khalid Darwish ({{langx|ar|سليمان خالد درويش}}). He graduated from the Damascus University Dentistry School sometime during the 1990s, until he later went to Afghanistan and joined al-Qaeda.[https://jamestown.org/brief/abu-al-ghadia-to-build-on-al-zarqawis-legacy-in-iraq/ Abu al-Ghadia to Build on al-Zarqawi's Legacy in Iraq] Jamestown Foundation. He was primarily involved in the logistics of AQI's effort in Iraq and assisted in smuggling weapons, money and fighters across the Iraq–Syria border. The US claimed he was targeted and killed, in a cross-border raid conducted by the U.S. military and possibly the Syrian government as well on October 26, 2008.{{Cite news|last=Sale |first=Richard |title=Killing of al-Qaida Smuggler in Syria was Joint Syrian, U.S. Effort |newspaper=Middle East Times |date=2008-11-21 |url=http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/11/21/killing_of_al-qaida_smuggler_in_syria_was_joint_syrian_us_effort/7222/ |accessdate=2008-11-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202000734/http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/11/21/killing_of_al-qaida_smuggler_in_syria_was_joint_syrian_us_effort/7222 |archivedate=December 2, 2008}}Naylor, Sean [https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/31/deltaforce-seals-syria-iraq-terrorism/ Killing Abu Ghadiya] Foreign Policy. September 7, 2015 However, an al-Qaeda in Iraq obituary released in August 2006 says that Abu Ghadiya was killed by the Saudi-Iraqi border sometime in November 2004.{{cite news |first=Reese |last=Erlich |author2=Coyote, Peter |title=The Murders at al-Sukariya |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/10/al-sukariya-200910?currentPage=1 |publisher=Vanity Fair |date=2009-10-22 |access-date=2009-12-03| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091130124344/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/10/al-sukariya-200910?currentPage=1| archive-date= 30 November 2009 | url-status= dead}}[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7695913.stm Profile: Abu Ghadiya] British Broadcasting Corporation. The Syrian government protested the raid claiming, that it killed eight civilians.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7693583.stm Syria hits out at 'terrorist' US] BBC News. Journalists who reached the attack site reported claims by local people who said that the victims of the raid were all innocent civilians.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110522031117/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Syria-Helicopter-Attack-Carried-Out-By-US-With-Knowledge-Of-Syrian-Intelligence-Says-Ronen-Bergman/Article/200810415130766?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_1&lid=ARTICLE_15130766_Syria_Helicopter_Attack_Carried_Out_By_US_With_Knowledge_Of_Syrian_Intelligence%2C_Says_Ronen_Bergman Syria 'Gave Green Light For Raid'] Sky News. Archived.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7693053.stm Syrian witness reacts to US raid] BBC News.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091130124344/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/10/al-sukariya-200910?currentPage=1 The Murders at al-Sukariya] Vanity Fair.