He was born in Basra, Iraq and attended to join the Iraqi Air Force Academy in 1961 and was commissioned as a MiG-17 fighter pilot in 1965.

Subsequently, he received an MA in military science from the Iraqi Staff College at Al-Bakr University.

Late in the war, he became the director and deputy commander of air force training.

In the early 1990s, General Abousi became the dean of the national defense for higher political and military studies, and later the commander of air force administration.

He became a lawyer after he studied and graduated from Baghdad University, and author of books in the history of the Iraqi AF since its inception on April 22, 1931 until 2003 capabilities and strategic roles to the Iraqi Air Force, When we embrace the sky, Fighter pilot diary and others.