Maliki renames Speicher Military base after pilot killed while evacuating Yazadi refugees

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Commanding General of the Iraqi Armed Forces also Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki decided during his visit to Speicher Military base in Salah-il-Din province to change the name of the base and name the base after the Martyr General Pilot Majid Abdul Salam al-Timimi who was killed when his helicopter crashed on August 12, 2014 while he was trying to evacuate Yazidi citizens who were surrounded by the terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant in Sinjar mountain.