In which country was the suicide bombing which started Operation Ghazi?
Operation Ghazi On 13 February 2017, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar released a video announcing the launch of "Operation Ghazi" named after Abdul Rashid Ghazi who was killed in July 2007 inside the Lal Masjid. The operation started with the suicide bombing at the Mall, in which 12 civilians and 6 police officers were killed.
Abu Ghadiya Abu Ghadiya (Arabic: أبو غادية‎ ‎ ), born Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi (Arabic: بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي‎ ‎ ) sometime between 1977-1979 in Mosul, was a Sunni militant active with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). He was primarily involved in the logistics of AQI's effort in Iraq and assisted in smuggling weapons, money and fighters across the Syria-Iraq border. He was targeted and killed in a cross-border raid conducted by the U.S. military on October 26, 2008.