Muhammed Latif

{{similar names|Muhammad Latif (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox military person | name = Muhammed Latif | birth_date = | death_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | image = | caption = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} Baathist Iraq (?–2003)<br>{{flag|Iraq}} (May–September 2004) | branch = Iraqi Army | service_years = | rank = Major-General | commands = Fallujah Brigade | unit = | battles = Iraq War | awards = | relations = | other_work = }}

'''Muhammed Latif''' ({{langx|ar|محمد لطيف }}) is an Iraqi major general, and former member of the Baath Party. The city of Fallujah was handed over to Muhammed Latif, replacing the earlier U.S. choice, Jasim Mohammed Saleh, when it was discovered that the latter had been involved in atrocities against Kurds during the Iran–Iraq War.<ref>{{cite book |title=Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with Its Enemies |last=Perry |first=Mark |year=2010 |publisher=Basic Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/talkingtoterrori00perr/page/48 48] |isbn=978-0-465-01117-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/talkingtoterrori00perr |url-access=registration |quote=Muhammed Latif Baath. |access-date=December 25, 2010}}</ref>

''Jane's Intelligence Review'' said that he was named '''Mohammed Abdel Latif''' and that he was a former military intelligence officer.<ref>Michael Knights, "Short-term stabilisation in Iraq could have long-term costs," ''Jane's Intelligence Review'', June 2004, 26</ref>

Latif was granted the right to raise an army of 1,100 soldiers known as the Fallujah Brigade, who would wear their Baathist military uniforms and control the city (which US forces had proven unable to pacify). Within days, the city's mayor, Muhammed Ibrahim al-Juraissey said that there was a visible difference as the city began to calm now under Iraqi leadership once again.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trouble in town |url=https://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/30/1088488026064.html |newspaper=The Age |date=July 1, 2004 |access-date=December 25, 2010}}</ref>

Nevertheless, the Fallujah Brigade dissolved and had turned over all the US weapons to the insurgency by September,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501299_pf.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Weapons Given to Iraq Are Missing |first=Glenn |last=Kessler |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> prompting the return of US forces in the Second Battle of Fallujah in November, resulting in US reoccupation of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S.-TRAINED FALLUJAH BRIGADE DISBANDED |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2004-09-11-0409110430-story.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Orlando Sentinel |date=11 September 2004 |language=en}}</ref><ref><nowiki>{{cite report |title=Fallujah: US Marines in Battle November - December 2004 |publisher =US Marine Corps History Division |url=</nowiki>https://www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/FALLUJAH.pdf<nowiki> |author1=Timothy S. McWilliams |author2=Nicholas J. Schlosser}}</nowiki></ref>

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