The massacre took place in an area of the country under the command of Polish forces.
Colonel Hashem, who was also the chief of the group's intelligence service in his area of command, was considered the likely successor for the 71-year-old militia commander, Gen. Antoine Lahd.
Military leaders know what they have to do and frankly, when the media cameras aren't rolling, they are quick to point out the waste they see in their areas of command.
"I say to you emphatically that 80% who have been released from Bucca have returned to work with the terrorists and have in fact become stronger," said General Saedi, whose area of command has been increasingly under attack over the past two months.
The fort covers an area of 9.1 ha and commands views over the surrounding countryside.
It was built in the 12th century northeast of the city in an area commanded by the Templars; the area is now the Temple quarter of Paris (3rd arrondissement).
NATO instantly retorted that it would insist on a single force, with its own soldiers forming the core but acknowledged there could be "various areas of command" in different bits of the war zone.
Gen Robert Cone, the deputy commander of US troops in Iraq, told the BBC that the greatest assistance would be needed in the areas of logistics, command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
At the intersection of the two, though, is a cluster of built-in kitchens and appliances, an area in which Germany commands a higher share of world exports than in either appliances or furniture.
Field experiments were conducted for maize, sunflower and watermelon crops in the command area of a typical irrigation canal system in Hetao Irrigation District during 2012 and 2013.
