Khider Kosari

Kosari was born in 1969 in Ranya, Kurdistan Region and grew up non-religious, but was recruited by Ali Bapir's Kurdistan Islamic Movement and was turned into a Kurdish nationalist and radical Muslim, where he became known as their poet. As a Kurdish nationalist and a religious Muslim, he fit perfectly to be a member of the Kurdish Islamist group. He used poetry to recruit people.[1][2] He recorded videos of his poetry in Sorani Kurdish, most of the time on mountains during the war, which the videos can be found online.[3]

Kosari was assassinated on December 27, 1993. After the capture of Kurdistan Islamic Movement's leaders, Kosari and two friends, including Ali Bapir's brother Wahid Bapir, fled to a nearby village in the mountains. After a day spent hiding in a villager's house, Wahid and Kosari chose to leave. Shortly after leaving the village, Kosari changed his mind and returned by himself. As PUK-Peshmerga entered the house where he was hiding during a raid, he attempted to escape, but was shot. The PUK Peshmerga soldiers found him bleeding on the ground but still alive, they fired a kill shot and left, but Kosari still survived. After hearing about the raid, Wahid Bapir returned to check on him. On his deathbed, Kosari begged Wahid, "Bring the recorder, I have more poems left in my chest." The next day, the villager who helped hide Kosari loaded his dead body in a tractor to be returned to his family in Ranya. His family buried him that same day, in the mountains, where they held an Islamic funeral for him.[2]

• Kurdish Mujahideen
• Iraqi Kurdish Civil War