Publisher's Synopsis
A brigadier general when the Iraqi Army was disbanded after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Najim al-Jabouri was recruited to serve as the police chief of the al Qaeda stronghold of Tal Afar in Nineveh Province. When the mayor's collusion with al Qaeda became evident, Najim was asked to serve as mayor, as well as police chief. After President George W. Bush, speaking in Cleveland, Ohio, praised him by name for his loyal and determined work with American Forces in clearing terrorists from the city, Najim was shot by a sniper, his house was blown up and his family fled to Kurdistan until US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, now national security adviser to the president, arranged safe passage to the United States for Najim and his family. In the United States, Najim served as an Iraq specialist at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, until Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi named him commander of Nineveh Operations, where he is leading the battle with DAESH in Mosul. Fighting Ghosts and Chasing the Wind, tells his story, from a young Air defense officer to his return to serving his beloved Iraq.
