Ali Musa Daqduq

Ali Mussa Daqduq is a senior Hezbollah leader and senior advisor to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali . He was captured by US troops in Basra , Iraq on March 20, 2007 along with Qais al-Khazali and his brother Laith al-Khazali. He is alleged to have participated in a 20 January, 2007 attack on US troops in Karbala , Iraq. US Intelligence has alleged that Daqduq's testimony during his internment is key evidence for collaboration between Iran and Hezbollah. Daqduq pretended to be deaf and mute when he was captured, and refused to speak for weeks. pictures of Daqduq's identification documents when captured CNN article Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say - New York Times

Ali Mussa Daqduq is a senior Hezbollah leader and senior advisor to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali . He was captured by US troops in Basra , Iraq on 20 March 2007 along with Qais al-Khazali and his brother Laith al-Khazali. He is alleged to have participated in a 20 January 2007 attack on US troops in Karbala , Iraq. Later two Iraqi courts found him not guilty of masterminding the 2007 raid on an American military base and released him from prison. US Intelligence has alleged that Daqduq's testimony during his internment is key evidence for collaboration between Iran and Hezbollah. Daqduq pretended to be deaf and mute when he was captured, and refused to speak for weeks. On 2 July 2007 US forces identified that they had captured Daqduq. They asserted he was a member of Hezbullah, and was operating with support from Iran . The 2 July press briefing published images of Daqduq's forged identity documents. Iranian officials denied that assertion on 4 July 2007. In November 2011 Reuters reported that the US was negotiating with the Iraqi government to hold Daqduq in US custody after the US pulls out of Iraq in December 2011. Daqduq was transferred to Iraqi custody on 18 December 2011. Daqduq was recently ordered freed by an Iraqi court because of insufficient evidence. The case will automatically be appealed, and he will remain imprisoned until the case is heard in superior court. The United States believes that releasing him is a very bad idea, that the evidence is clear, and that he is likely to commit more acts of resistance against US occupation forces if released. Officials in the military commissions system in the United States have begun procedures to charge Daqduq with war crimes (specifically, that he killed or ordered killed four US soldiers captured during a raid); the future of this is unclear. On 16 November 2012, it was reported that Ali Musa Daqduq had been released from Iraq as the Iraqi government had run out of legal options to hold him. There have been earlier indications of Hezbollah involvement. Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Lebanese Hezbollah commander, was captured in Iraq in March 2007. At first he refused to talk, presumably to avoid giving away his Lebanese accent. "As troops leave, U.S. seeks custody of key Iraq detainee" . reuters . US forces in Iraq. 2 July 2007 .

Ali Mussa Daqduq ( ) is a senior Hezbollah leader and senior advisor to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali . He was captured by US troops in Basra , Iraq on 20 March 2007 along with Qais al-Khazali and his brother Laith al-Khazali . He is alleged to have participated in the 20 January 2007 attack killing five US troops in Karbala . Later, in 2012, two Iraqi courts found him not guilty of masterminding the 2007 raid on an American military base and released him from prison. US Intelligence has alleged that Daqduq's testimony during his internment is key evidence for collaboration between Iran and Hezbollah. He is alleged to have been a key facilitator of an IRGC - Quds Force sniper network in Iraq. On 2 July 2007 US forces identified that they had captured Daqduq. They asserted he was a member of Hezbollah, and was operating with support from Iran . The 2 July press briefing published images of Daqduq's forged identity documents. Iranian officials denied that assertion on 4 July 2007. Daqduq pretended to be deaf and mute when he was captured, and refused to speak for weeks. In November 2011 Reuters reported that the US was negotiating with the Iraqi government to hold Daqduq in US custody after the US pulls out of Iraq in December 2011. An agreement could not be reached, and Daqduq was transferred to Iraqi custody on 18 December 2011. On 7 May 2012, Iraq dismissed terrorism and false documents charges against Daqduq. The case was automatically appealed, and he remained imprisoned until the case was heard in superior court. The United States believed that releasing him was a very bad idea, that the evidence is clear, and that he was likely to commit more acts of resistance against US occupation forces if released. Officials in the military commissions system in the United States began procedures to charge Daqduq with war crimes (specifically, that he killed or ordered killed four US soldiers captured during a raid); the future of this is unclear. On 16 November 2012, Daqduq was released from Iraqi custody as the Iraqi government determined that it no longer had a legal basis to hold him. Jonathan Conricus accused Daqduq of having come back to Lebanon and then Syria, and founding a Hezbollah -operated network of "a few" Syrian operatives manning outposts in the Golan Heights border village of Hader , Syria and collecting intelligence against Israeli targets. The accusation included video footage of men walking to and from the outposts. The New York Times . There have been earlier indications of Hezbollah involvement. Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Lebanese Hezbollah commander, was captured in Iraq in March 2007. At first he refused to talk, presumably to avoid giving away his Lebanese accent. As a consequence, he was initially dubbed Hamid the Mute by American officials. With less than 60 days before the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the United States is quietly seeking to keep custody of its highest profile detainee there, U.S. and Iraqi officials say. The New York Times . The New York Times . "Previously classified intelligence now cleared for publication: Ali Musa Daqduq, a senior operative in the Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah, has been operating a new terror cell in Syria" . idf .

Hezbollah member captured by U.S. in Iraq (died 2024) Ali Musa Daqduq ( Arabic : علي موسى دقدوق ; died 10 November 2024) was a senior Hezbollah leader and senior advisor to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali . The New York Times . There have been earlier indications of Hezbollah involvement. Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Lebanese Hezbollah commander, was captured in Iraq in March 2007. At first. he refused to talk, presumably to avoid giving away his Lebanese accent. As a consequence, he was initially dubbed Hamid the Mute by American officials. "Israel kills wanted Hezbollah commander behind the establishment of Iraq's Iran-backed militias" .

Lebanese militant (1969–2026) Ali Musa Daqduq ( Arabic : علي موسى دقدوق ; 1969 – 12 June 2026) was a Lebanese militant who served as a senior Hezbollah leader and advisor to Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali in Iraq . He commanded Hezbollah's Department 2800 before playing a key role in establishing Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Iraq as part of Unit 3800 following the US invasion of Iraq . He was also responsible for planning the 2007 Karbala provincial headquarters raid , in which five American soldiers were captured and killed during the Iraq War . The New York Times . There have been earlier indications of Hezbollah involvement. Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Lebanese Hezbollah commander, was captured in Iraq in March 2007. At first he refused to talk, presumably to avoid giving away his Lebanese accent. As a consequence, he was initially dubbed Hamid the Mute by American officials. "Israel kills wanted Hezbollah commander behind the establishment of Iraq's Iran-backed militias" .