He became responsible for the Khabat organization in the Zakho local committee. In 1988, after the infamous Anfal campaigns and the exposure of the Badinan region to chemical bombardment, he headed to South Kurdistan and from there he was moved to the Amed refugee camp. He returned after the uprising of South Kurdistan to the ranks of the Peshmerga forces in 1991 and became responsible for the Bersiaf platoon. In 1992, he assumed the position of commander of the First Zakho Army, and battalion commander in 1994.

Haji Khadr Omar participated in the battles of Alok and Sartak in 1978, and was wounded on 14 January 1978. He also participated in 1983 in the battle of Katina in Mount Qandil, and on 22 September he was wounded for the second time. When the Iraqi Army launched an attack on the Zakho local committee in 1984, he had an active activity in the defense, and on 1 September 1984 he was wounded for the third time. In the same year, while participating in the battle of the village of Afkni on 26 December 1987, he was wounded for the fourth time. He was also wounded twice on 12 October 1992 and 28 November 1992 while participating in the battles of the Zakho region and Seri Deri.     

And in the Thirteenth Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Year 2010, President Masoud Barzani awarded him the Barzani Medal, and he was also granted the rank of Brigadier General and Force Commander in the First Sinjar Army.

 

Source:

1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.