On July 6, 2020, as the prominent Iraqi historian Hisham al-Hashimi was walking toward his vehicle outside his home in eastern Baghdad, a group of gunmen sped toward him on motorcycles and fired five times at point-blank range. By the time he reached the hospital, al-Hashimi was dead.
Often an outspoken critic of the country’s militia groups, al-Hashimi was deeply connected within Iraq’s various power factions, from ISIS to government and opposition politicians.
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