Babaker Zebari
Iraqi Kurdish general and former Iraqi Army chief of staff
Babaker Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari (Kurdish: بابەکر بەدرخان شەوکەت زێباری) is a retired Iraqi Kurdish General and former KDP politician . Zebari was chief of staff of the Iraqi Army from 2004 till 2015.
Education
Babakir graduated from Rustamiyah Military Academy in Baghdad, in 1969. At this time Kurdish citizens were scarcely allowed to serve, at the Iraqi military, at all. The Academy included the Iraqi Commando School, the Thunderbolt School for Rangers, the Airborne School and a special forces School for battlefield combat. He majored in anti- tank weapon systems like COBRA, SSll and SAKER.
Career
Zebari initially served in the Iraqi Army, but in 1973, left the Iraqi military and joined Mustafa Barzani Rebels.
Appointed to deputy commander, of the Kurdish forces and under the leadership of Mustafa Barzani, he fought with the Peshmerga (Kurdish military forces) against the Iraq Government under Saddam Hussain. In 1975 he was assigned as the highest-ranking commander of the Kurdish Air Defense Brigade in Amedi.
After the Algier agreement and the defeat of the Kurdish forces, Babakir Zebari and his family joined Mustafa Barzani and moved to the Kurdish populated territories of Iran. In 1979, Babakir came back to the Kurdish territories of Iraq, alongside Mustafa Barzani and joined the Kurdish uprising.
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