 Haitham al-Badri

Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al-Badri (, died August 2007) was a commander of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Salahuddin Province who reportedly masterminded the 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing which substantially damaged the Shiite mosque and set off a wave of retaliatory violence by the Shiites against other Moslems.He was a former Iraqi government official under Saddam Hussein and following the US-led invasion, was a member of al Qaeda.