Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi

Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi, also known as Abu Taqwa, was an Iraqi militant of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba. He was also a senior commander of the 12th brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

Biography

Born in Baghdad in 1980, Al-Saeedi grew up in the neighborhood of in a poor family from the Diyala Governorate. He was a member of the Sadrist Movement until his arrest by the Multi-National Force in 2011 and joined Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba upon his release. During the Second War in Iraq, he was a commander in Al Tarmia in the northern suburbs of Baghdad. He then reached an important apparatus with the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in the Baghdad Belts region. He was responsible for Hezbollah al-Nujaba’s attacks against American military bases in Iraq and Syria.
Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi was assassinated in a targeted U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on 4 January 2024, at the age of 43.