Major General Ameer Faisal Alavi | |
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 Major General Ameer Faisal Alavi with General Bryan D. Brown | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ameer Faisal Alavi 28 March 1954 British Kenya |
| Died | 19 November 2008 (aged 54) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Relations |
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| Children | 2 daughters |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1974–2005 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Unit | Army Armoured Corps (26th Cavalry) |
| Commands | General Officer Commanding SSG |
| Battles/wars | |
Major General Ameer Faisal Alavi (28 March 1954 – 19 November 2008) was a Pakistan Army two-star general and special operations expert who was the first General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the elite Special Service Group of Pakistan Army. A former member of Special Service Group, he was credited with masterminding the Angoor Ada operation in 2004, where many Arabs and Chechens based in the tribal areas were killed or arrested and turned over to the Americans.[2]
2 months before his death, he threatened to expose two Pakistani army generals who had made deals with Taliban militants. He had given a copy of a letter he had sent to then Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, to author Carey Schofield and told her to publish it if he was killed. The letter contained names of two generals.[3] On 19 November 2008, while driving to work in his car in Islamabad, he was shot dead by three unknown gunmen. It was alleged that Ilyas Kashmiri, the chief of Jammu & Kashmir chapter of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami,[4] was behind the murder of Maj-Gen Faisal Alavi at the behest of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in North Waziristan.[2]
- ^ "Mystery grows over general's slaying in Pakistan". Reuters. 15 December 2008.
- ^ a b Hamid Mir. "How an ex-Army commando became a terrorist" The News, 20 September 2009
- ^ "The mystery of Maj-Gen Alavi's murder". 15 December 2008.
- ^ Amir Mir. "Ilyas Kashmiri had planned to attack COAS" The News, 18 September 2009