Ra'ad al-Hamdani

Ra'ad Majid Rashid al-Hamdani
Hamdani in 2009
Native name	رعد مجيد الحمداني
Born	(1951-11-08) 8 November 1951 (age 72) Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
Allegiance	Iraq
Service / branch	Iraqi Army
Years of service	1966–2003
Rank	Lieutenant general
Unit	Republican Guard
Commands	2nd Republican Guard Corps
Battles / wars	First Iraqi–Kurdish War Yom Kippur War Second Iraqi–Kurdish War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War Battle of Karbala Battle of the Karbala Gap Battle of Baghdad

Ra'ad Majid Rashid al-Hamdani (Arabic: رعد مجيد الحمداني) is a retired Iraqi military officer and former General of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and was one of Saddam Hussein's favourite generals.^[1]