Samir al-Khlifavi , better known as Haji Bakr, is a former military officer in the Iraqi army since Saddam Hussein , after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the start of the Iraq war, he joined the terrorist organization the Islamic State of Iraq , later the Islamic State , where he became one from senior military commanders.
| Samir Abd Muhammad al-Khlifavi | |
|---|---|
| Birth | 1958 Iraq |
| Death | January 2014 Aleppo , Syria |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | unknown - 2003, 2003 - 2014 |
| Affiliation |
 Islamic state |
| Type of army | ? |
| Rank | Colonel ISIS commander |
| Battles | Iraq war
|
According to unconfirmed reports (referring to Spiegel Reuters correspondent), it was he who commanded the IS forces, which in 2013 intervened in the Syrian civil war [1] and stood for turning the group into a “quasi-state”. In particular, he approved the creation of the media centers of the group - Al-Furkan and Al-Hayat . He was killed in Aleppo in January 2014 by members of the Syrian opposition group of the Syrian Martyrs Brigade. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Problems and policy framework of the “Islamic State” - 2
- ↑ Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS , The New York Times (August 27, 2014). Date of treatment October 23, 2014.