Ziad Khalaf al-Karbouly (; 1970 - died 4 February 2015), a native of Al-Qa'im, was an Islamist former Iraqi officer and the son of an Iraqi tribal sheikh of the Al-Karabla clan of the Dulaim. Arrest and trial Al-Karbouly was captured by Jordanian 71st Counter Terrorism Battalion with the aid of Jordanian intelligence officers in May 2006, and accused of being Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's assistant which Karbouly denied. Karbouly told the tribunal that he was “innocent”. He also disputed the prosecution's version that he was captured inside Iraq in a joint operation of the Jordanian army and intelligence on 10 May. He told the tribunal that he was instead kidnapped “from Lebanon on May 6.” On 23 May 2006, he admitted that he had abducted and killed citizens from Jordan and Iraq, and had abducted two Moroccans in October 2005. Execution Al-Karbouly was sentenced to death, and along with failed suicide bomber Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, was hanged on 4 February 2015, expedited in retaliation for the burning of Royal Jordanian Air Force lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. References 2015 deaths Iraq–Jordan relations Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi people convicted of murder Executed Iraqi people People convicted of murder by Jordan People convicted on terrorism charges People executed by Jordan by hanging 21st-century executions by Jordan Iraqi people executed abroad People executed for murder Deaths by hanging 1970 births 2000s murders in Jordan 2006 crimes in Jordan 2006 murders in Asia