Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

Jamal Jafaar Mohammed Ali Ebrahimi (, 1954 – 3 January 2020), known by the kunya Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (), was an Iraqi-Iranian military commander. He headed the Popular Mobilisation Committee (Al-Hashd Al-Sha'abi). He was the commander of the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia.

He was accused of being a terrorist over his activities in Kuwait in the 1980s. He was sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Kuwait for his involvement in 1983 Kuwait bombings. 

Muhandis was on the United States list of designated terrorists. See paragraph 5 of the report. 

He was killed by a US airstrike at the Baghdad International Airport on 3 January 2020 alongside Qasem Soleimani.

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