Hamid Dawud Mohammed Khalil az-Zawi ( Arabic: حامد داود محمد خليل الزاوي ), better known under the pseudonyms Abu Abdullah ar-Rashid al-Baghdadi , Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi and Abu У غ араб араб араб араб араб араб араб (;;;;; 1959, Kingdom of Iraq - April 18, 2010, Tikrit , Salah al-Din , Iraq - former head of the “ Consultative Assembly of the Mujahideen in Iraq ” - the parent organization of eight Sunni Islamist insurgent groups ( Al-Qaeda in Iraq , Jaish al-Taif al-Mansur and others) [1] , then the emir of the “ Islamic State of Iraq ” in 2006-2010 [1] [2] [ 3] .April 18, 2010, it became known that Abu Umar al-Baghdadi was killed last weekend when US-Iraqi forces rocketed the house where al-Baghdadi was hiding near the city of Tikrit . April 25 of the same year, “Islamic State Iraq ”officially confirmed the death of its leader.
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| Date of Birth | 1959 |
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| Date of death | April 18 2010 (51 years old) |
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Biography
Very little is known about the past of Abu Umar al-Baghdadi. Apparently, he was a brigadier general of the Iraqi police during the reign of Saddam Hussein . [4] [5] [6]
In 2003, after the invasion of coalition forces in Iraq, he joined the Iraqi rebels . [four]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Al-Qaeda names mystery man to succeed Zarqawi. Agence France Presse . June 13, 2006.
- ↑ Burns, John F. & Filkins, Dexter (June 13, 2006), " A Jihadist Web Site Says Zarqawi's Group in Iraq Has a New Leader in Place ", New York Times , < https://www.nytimes.com/2006 /06/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html >
- ↑ Filkins, Dexter & Burns, John F. (16 June 2006), " US Portrayal Helps Flesh Out Zarqawi's Heir ", New York Times , < https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/world/middleeast /16iraq.html >
- ↑ 1 2 Assessing AQI's Resilience After April's Leadership Decapitations (unavailable link) . CTC Sentinel (June 3, 2010). Date of treatment May 28, 2016. Archived on February 25, 2013.
- ↑ Who is Abu Omar al Baghdadi? . Long War Journal (September 14, 2008). Date of treatment May 28, 2016.
- ↑ Report: Al-Qaida in Iraq leader identified with photograph // International Herald Tribune Archived on May 9, 2008.
Links
- Insurgent Leader Nabbed in Iraq Raid
- Profile at globalsecurity.org
- Leader of Al Qaeda group in Iraq was fictional, US military says
- Biography of Abu Omar al Baghdadi , Global Jihad Network, May 12, 2012