Haitham al-Badri

Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri (Arabic: هيثم صباح شاكر محمد البدري‎‎, died August 2007) was a member of Al-Qaeda in Iraq who reportedly masterminded the 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing which substantially damaged the Shiite mosque and set off a wave of retaliatory violence by the Shiites against other Moslems. He was a former Iraqi government official under Saddam Hussein and following the US-led invasion, was a member of Army of Ansar al-Sunna (Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah). Badri was killed in an airstrike on August 2, 2007.^[1][2]

References

1. "Iraqi Led Bombing of Shiite Shrine, Official Says". The New York Times. 28 June 2006.
2. "Al Qaeda No. 2 in Iraq Captured". Los Angeles Times. 4 September 2006.