Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: sulaymaniyah , iraqi kurdistan - branch: iraqi army - caption: rashid . -lrb- far right -rrb- during the iran-iraq war - battles: iran-iraq war - death date: 29 june 2014 -lrb- aged 72 -rrb- - allegiance: iraq 1991 ba'athist iraq - commands: 3rd army - relations: ali abdul rashid -lrb- son -rrb- sahar al-rashid -lrb- daughter -rrb- maher marwan taher abdul rashid -lrb- nephew -rrb- qusay hussein -lrb- abdul son-in-law -rrb- rashid -lrb- son -rrb- abdullah maher - birth date: 1942 - serviceyears: 1963-2003 - name: maher abd al-rashid - image size: 300px - image: iraqi commanders iran-iraq war.jpg - birth place: tikrit , iraq - rank: colonel general 75px Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maher abd al-rashid .
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maher abd al-rashid -lrb- arabic : -rrb- was a general of the iraqi army and a member of the al-bu nasir tribe .rashid rose to prominence during the iran-iraq war , and was regarded as one of saddam 's best generals , serving as chief-of-staff of the iraqi after being brought out of a retirement that he had been forced into in 1983 .rashid also played a prominent role in helping iraq to regain her initiative during the war .not all assessments of rashid were so kind , and ra'ad al-hamdani refers to him as '' one of the dumbest generals in the army '' .