Ziad Al-Karbouly

Ziyad Khalaf al-Karbouly (Arabic: زياد خلف الكربولي‎; 1970 - died 4 February 2015), a native of Al-Qa'im, was an Islamist former Iraqi officer and the son of an Iraqi tribal sheikh of the Al-Karabla clan of the Dulaim.^[1]

Ziad Al-Karbouly
زياد خلف الكربولي
Born	Ziyad Khalaf al-Karbouly 1970 Al-Qa'im, Iraq
Died	February 4, 2015(2015-02-04) (aged 44–45) Swaqa Prison, Jordan
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Criminal penalty	Death

Arrest and trial

Al-Karbouly was captured by Jordanian 71st Counter Terrorism Battalion with the aid of Jordanian intelligence officers in May 2006, and accused of being Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's assistant which Karbouly denied.^[2] Karbouly told the tribunal that he was "innocent". He also disputed the prosecution's version that he was captured inside Iraq in a joint operation of the Jordanian army and intelligence on 10 May. He told the tribunal that he had been kidnapped "from Lebanon on May 6."^[3] On 23 May 2006, he admitted that he had abducted and killed citizens from Jordan and Iraq, and had abducted two Moroccans in October 2005.^[4][5]

Execution

Al-Karbouly was sentenced to death, and along with failed suicide bomber Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, was hanged on 4 February 2015, their executions expedited in retaliation for the burning of Royal Jordanian Air Force lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State.^[6]