Qassem al-Zubaidi
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Legal status as of 4 October 2026
Named, for example as an office holder, bank owner or licence holder, with no charge, conviction, sanction or official finding.
What the documents say
Shot at his Baghdad home around from 28 to 29 April 2018 and died of wounds; reportedly investigating phantom PMF salaries at the time, on then-PM Haider al-Abadi's order via a committee headed by PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyadh. His killers were never identified. He is a victim in this case, not an accused party.
- Kind
- Person
- Roles
- PMF Director-General of Finance
Cases
| Case | Role | Status in this case | Detail | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMF "ghost fighters": payroll-inflation allegations and the unsolved killing of the force's finance chief | PMF Director-General of Finance | Not charged as of the date of writing | Shot at his Baghdad home around from 28 to 29 April 2018 and died of wounds; reportedly investigating phantom PMF salaries at the time, on then-PM Haider al-Abadi's order via a committee headed by PMF chairman Faleh al-Fayyadh. His killers were never identified. He is a victim in this case, not an accused party. | 28 September 2026 |
Documents
- Asharq Al-Awsat1 May 2018Press reportTier D
اغتيال المدير المالي لـ«الحشد» في ظروف غامضة (Assassination of the PMF's financial director in murky circumstances)
Originalسعى لكشف آلاف الأسماء الوهمية المدرجة ضمن كشوفات مقاتلي الحشد (he sought to expose thousands of fictitious names listed among PMF fighter rolls)
- Arabi2130 April 2018Press reportTier D
مسلحون يغتالون مسؤولا كبيرا في الحشد الشعبي ببغداد (Gunmen assassinate a senior PMF official in Baghdad)
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