article_snippet: (CNN)He doesn't wear a uniform or hold an official rank, but Hadi Al-Amari is a powerful military leader in Iraq.
article_snippet: Hadi Al-Amari leads the Hashd Al-Shaabi, a predominantly Shia paramilitary force doing much of the fighting in the critical battle to take Tikrit from ISIS extremists.
article_snippet: Hadi Al-Amari is confident Hadi Al-Amari men, with help from the Iraqi army and some Sunnis, can crush ISIS in Iraq without the United States-led coalition's help.
article_snippet: We don't need it, and We won't need it," Hadi Al-Amari said.