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Sheikh Ali al-Nida, the late head of the Albu Nasir tribe and governor of Saladin.
This incorrectly combines two different people into one. Ali al-Nida was the head of Saddam Hussein’s Albu Nasir tribe; the governor of Salahuddin province was a separate official, Hamad Hamoud al-Qaisy.
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Contemporary reports about the handover of Saddam Hussein’s body distinguish Sheikh Ali al-Nida from the governor of Salahuddin province.
- A Xinhua report, republished by CCTV, says that "the governor of Salahudin province Hamad Hamoudal-Qaisy, his deputy and Sheikh Ali al-Neda" would receive the body. That wording lists the governor and Ali al-Nida as separate people.
- Al Jazeera likewise reported that Ali al-Nida was the head of Saddam's Albu Nasir tribe and said he had received the body; it does not identify him as governor.
So the article’s wording is inaccurate because it turns Ali al-Nida into both the tribal chief and the governor of Salahuddin/Saladin, when the governor was someone else.
2 sources
- Iraqi government to hand over Saddam´s body to his tribe - CCTV International / Xinhua
"the governor of Salahudin province Hamad Hamoudal-Qaisy, his deputy and Sheikh Ali al-Neda, head of the Saddam's tribe, will receive the body of Saddam Hussein"
- Saddam's body in Tikrit for burial | Al Jazeera
"Ali al-Nida, the head of Saddam's Albu Nasir tribe, had received the body"
a north-eastern suburb of Baghdad
Kadhimiya/Kazimain is not in northeastern Baghdad. Credible descriptions place it in northwestern Baghdad, on the west bank of the Tigris.
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This description gets the location wrong. Multiple sources describe Kadhimiyah/Kazimain as being in northwest/northwestern Baghdad, not the northeast.
- The Institute for the Study of War says the Kadhimiyah security district is located in northwest Baghdad and that its eastern neighborhoods line the west bank of the Tigris River.
- The New Yorker likewise described Kadhimiya as "an old Shiite neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad."
So calling Kazimain/Kadhimiya "a north-eastern suburb of Baghdad" is geographically incorrect.
2 sources
- Kadhimiyah (الكاظمية) | Institute for the Study of War
"The Kadhimiyah security district is located in northwest Baghdad. Its eastern neighborhoods line the west bank of the Tigris River."
- The Uprising | The New Yorker
"I drove out to Kadhimiya, an old Shiite neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad"